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The buds began to open.
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tsubomi
tsubomi
noun
  1. (flower) bud
  2. promising young person; budding beauty
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
hokorobiru

masu stem

hokorobi
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn
  2. to begin to open; to begin to bloom
  3. to smile broadly; to break into a smile
hokorobu

masu stem

hokorobi
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to begin to open; to come out
  2. to smile broadly
  3. to come apart at the seams (clothes)
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

hajimeta
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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