種 – Vocabulary details

種たね

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

seed

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ね

reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

source of worry; source of distress

mating

花はなと種たねを販はん売ばいしています。

We sell flowers and seeds.

熱ねっ帯たい雨う林りんが心しん配ぱいの種たねである。

Tropical rainforests are a cause for concern.

それが彼かれの苦く労ろうの種たねだった。

That was the source of his troubles.

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