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個体発生は系統発生を繰り返す。

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個体 発生 系統 発生 繰り返す

English Translation

Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

Furigana

個体(こたい)発生(はっせい)系統(けいとう)発生(はっせい)()(かえ)す。

Romanji

Kotai hassei wa keitō hassei o kurikaesu.

Words

個体 (こたい)
individual; specimen
発生 (はっせい)
outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; origin; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
系統 (けいとう)
system; lineage; ancestry; family line; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought); close (evolutionary) relationship; a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
繰り返す (くりかえす)
to repeat; to do something over again

Kanji

Readings: コ、 カ
Meanings: individual, counter for articles
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Reading: ケイ
Meanings: lineage, system
Readings: トウ、 す.べる、 ほび.る
Meanings: overall, relationship, ruling, governing
Readings: ソウ、 く.る
Meanings: winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to
Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay