たね
Meanings
Noun
1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
3. ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi
4. cause; source
5. trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
6. paternal blood; lineage
7. breed (of a stock); sperm; semen
8. 10-point card; tane; animal card
oft. as タネ
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (41 in total)
rapeseed; coleseed
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
seed; type of noodle dish; shaved ice with fruit syrup
Examples (14 in total)
We sell flowers and seeds.
Tropical rainforests are a cause for concern.
That was the source of his troubles.
She is a kind of genius.
The railroad provoked a kind of revolution.
The farmer scattered the wheat seeds in the field.
Cancer may be related to viruses of some kind.
The lion and the tiger are two different species of cat.
There is a certain pleasure in pointing out other people's errors.
Packaging can actually prevent certain kinds of waste.
This credit card entitles us to certain privileges.
You have certain privileges and therefore corresponding responsibilities.
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.
Many doctors are using some form of absorbable sutures.