TomoshiTomoshi

たね・種tane[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounseed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach)
    蒔まかぬ種たねは生はえない。↗
    You must sow before you can reap.
  2. nounprogeny; offspring; issue; breed
  3. nounpaternal blood; lineage
  4. nounsperm; semen; seed
  5. nouncause; source; seed; origin
    そんなことをすれば笑わらいものの種たねなるよ。↗
    If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.
  6. nounmaterial (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject (of discussion); theme; (news) copy; source (of a story)
  7. noun, foodingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven
  8. nounmechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery
  9. noun, hanafuda10-point card; tane; animal cardoft. as タネ
Japanese definitions
  1. （たね）種子しゅし植物しょくぶつにおいて有性ゆうせい生殖せいしょくによって形成けいせいされる散布さんぷ体たい。種子しゅし。
  2. （たね）原因げんいん。
  3. （ぐさ、接尾せつび的てき）…のたね。…の材料ざいりょう。（動詞どうし連用形れんようけいなど）「語かたり―」
English equivalents
pipseedkernelbreedoffspring
See also
カテゴリジャンル種族しゅぞく種目しゅもく分類ぶんるい

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