seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
source of worry; source of distress
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
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
fermentation starter; yeast starter; seed malt
half-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling; maternal half-sibling; half-brother; half-sister
seed; type of noodle dish; shaved ice with fruit syrup
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
to be out of resources; to run out of stock
mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation); starter culture; seed fungus
sire pig; boar; brood sow
irritant; cause of irritation; cause of annoyance
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall
nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own; (lit.) the seed you don't plant doesn't grow
planter; seeder; sower; seed drill
10-point card; tane; animal card
long spell of rain in early spring
matchlock; arquebus; harquebus
half-sibling; half-brother or sister; 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