おたまじゃくしが大きくなるにつれ、尻尾が消えて足が生えはじめる。

Sentence Analyzer

お たま じゃ くし が 大きく なる につれ 、 尻尾 が 消えて 足 が 生えはじめる 。

English Translation

As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.

Furigana

おたまじゃくしが大(おお)きくなるにつれ、尻尾(しっぽ)が消(き)えて足(あし)が生(は)えはじめる。

Romanji

O tama ja kushi ga ōkiku naru nitsure, shippo ga kiete ashi ga haehajimeru.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

偶 (たま)

occasional; rare

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

駆使 (くし)

free use; to use freely; to make free use of; to have good command (e.g. of a language); to drive someone on

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

に連れ (につれ)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

尻尾 (しっぽ、しりお)

tail (animal)

消える (きえる)

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

生える (はえる)

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

Kanji

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

尻

Readings: コウ、 しり

Meanings: buttocks, hips, butt, rear

尾

Readings: ビ、 お

Meanings: tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

消

Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す

Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

生

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