Kanji
Readingたね
Frequency9%
Used in (60 in total)
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)
rapeseed; coleseed
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
topic of conversation
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
reason for concern
seed potato
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
laughingstock; object of ridicule
situation of one's own doing
rapeseed oil; canola oil
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
source book
to be the mother of someone's child
fermentation starter; yeast starter; seed malt
rapeseed oil; canola oil
(breeding) bull
half-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling; maternal half-sibling; half-brother; half-sister
(photographic) negative
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
silkworm egg card
irritant; cause of irritation; cause of annoyance
seedless watermelon
sire (animal breeding)
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