たね
Meanings
Noun
1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach)
There are flower seeds in this.
2. progeny; offspring; issue; breed
3. paternal blood; lineage
4. sperm; semen; seed
5. cause; source; seed; origin
With this, one source of worry has disappeared.
6. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject (of discussion); theme; (news) copy; source (of a story)
7. ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven
8. mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery
9. 10-point card; tane; animal card
oft. as タネ
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
rapeseed; coleseed
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to be the mother of someone's child
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
studhorse; stallion; breeding horse
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
seed potato
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
seed; grain; noodle dish with various ingredients added; shaved ice with fruit syrup
cause of annoyance; cause of irritation; irritant; peeve
source of worry; source of distress
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
topic of conversation
topic of conversation
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
reason for concern
seed rice
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
situation of one's own doing
laughingstock; object of ridicule
seedlessness; seedless fruit; lacking the material needed to do something
run out of
rapeseed oil; canola oil
Tanegashima (Japanese matchlock gun); arquebus; harquebus
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
source book
fermentation starter; yeast starter; seed malt
(breeding) bull
(photographic) negative
mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation); starter culture; seed fungus
sire pig; boar; brood sow
sire (animal breeding)
10-point card; tane; animal card
one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
attaching (of seaweed or seed oysters) to nets for the purpose of cultivation
small pieces of stone used to make terrazzo, etc.; seed stone (othello)
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
hemp seed
Examples (22 in total)
We sell flowers and seeds.
Tropical rainforests are a cause for concern.
That was the source of his troubles.