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Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
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Vocabulary list

kotaihassei
noun, no adjective
  1. ontogeny; ontogenesis
kotai
noun, no adjective
  1. individual; specimen
hassei
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence
  2. generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; origin
  3. ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
keitouhassei
noun, no adjective
  1. phylogeny; phylogenesis
keitou
noun
  1. system
  2. lineage; ancestry; family line
  3. group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought)
  4. close (evolutionary) relationship
  5. a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)
hassei
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence
  2. generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; origin
  3. ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
kurikaesu
godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
  1. to repeat; to do something over again

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