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。
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English Translation
As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.
Furigana
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。
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
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: コウ、 しり
Meanings: buttocks, hips, butt, rear
Readings: ビ、 お
Meanings: tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain
Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す
Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
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