seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
source of worry; source of distress
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
studhorse; stallion; breeding horse
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
laughingstock; object of ridicule
situation of one's own doing
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
seedlessness; seedless fruit; lacking the material needed to do something
to be the mother of someone's child
half- (sibling by a different father); uterine; maternal
fermentation starter; yeast starter; seed malt
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
seed; grain; noodle dish with various ingredients added; shaved ice with fruit syrup
mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation); starter culture; seed fungus
to be out of resources; to run out of stock
sire pig; boar; brood sow
cause of annoyance; cause of irritation; irritant; peeve
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall
if you don't put in the effort, don't expect results; (lit.) seeds you don't plant will never grow
planter; seeder; sower; seed drill
10-point card; tane; animal card
long spell of rain in early spring
Tanegashima (Japanese matchlock gun); arquebus; harquebus
half- (sibling by a different father); uterine; maternal; different strain; hybrid; new variety
one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
small pieces of stone used to make terrazzo, etc.; seed stone (othello)
spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; (lit.) if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
attaching (of seaweed or seed oysters) to nets for the purpose of cultivation
container for growing seedlings; seedbed; sowing bed
rapeseed meal; rapeseed lees
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
pale cabbage (Brassica tournefortii); Asian mustard