How to say "pip" in Japanese

• たねJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general word for a seed; this covers 'pip' in its usual sense of the small seeds found in fruit, and it can also refer to a fruit stone such as a peach's.
  蒔まかぬ種たねは生はえない。↗

  You must sow before you can reap.
• 核かくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounReally the word for a fruit's hard stone or pit — what you are left with after eating a peach; it matches 'pip' only in this stone sense, so for small seeds use たね.

「たね」 is the general word for seeds and fruit stones alike; 核 is the specific term for a fruit's hard stone or pit, so use it when 'pip' means the stone and 「たね」 for small seeds.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• たねseed (e.g. of a plant)
• 核かくstone (of a fruit)
• 実さねseed (of a fruit)
• ピップpip (on a radar screen)
• さいの目さいのめpip (spot on a die)
• ピクチャーインピクチャーpicture-in-picture
• ＰＩＰピー・アイ・ピーpicture-in-picture
• めdot (on a dice)