YOU SAID:

it got nipped at the bud

INTO JAPANESE

それは芽で噛まれた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It was bitten by the buds.

INTO JAPANESE

それは芽に噛まれました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It was bitten by a bud.

INTO JAPANESE

それは芽に噛まれました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It was bitten by a bud.