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

o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
tama
no adjective, na adjective, noun
  1. occasional; infrequent; rare
ja
conjunction
  1. then; well; so; well then (from では)
copula
  1. be; is
kushi
noun, suru verb
  1. using freely; making full use of; having a good command of
  2. working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
kushi
noun
  1. spit; skewer
  2. proxy (computer server)
kushi
noun
  1. cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
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)
ookikunaru
expression, godan verb
  1. to grow up; to become an adult
  2. to become big; to grow in size
ookii

Adverbial Form

ookiku
i adjective
  1. big; large; great
  2. loud
  3. extensive; spacious
  4. important; decisive; valuable
  5. older; grown up
naru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
nitsure
expression, conjunction
  1. as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to (as XにつれY)
shippo
noun
  1. tail (animal)
  2. tail end; tip
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)
kieru

te-form

kiete
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go out; to vanish; to disappear
ashi
noun
  1. foot; paw; arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.) (esp. 足)
  2. leg (esp. 脚,肢)
  3. gait
  4. pace
  5. bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji (usu. 脚)
  6. means of transportation
  7. money; coin
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)
haeru

masu stem

hae
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to grow; to spring up; to sprout
  2. to cut (teeth)
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
hajimeru
hajimeru
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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