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
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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
seed rice
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
seed potato
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
source book
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
rapeseed oil; canola oil
irritant; cause of irritation; cause of annoyance
sire pig; boar; brood sow
source of worry; source of distress
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
topic of conversation
topic of conversation
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
reason for concern
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
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
laughingstock; object of ridicule
seedlessness; seedless fruit; lacking the material needed to do something
run out of
matchlock; arquebus; harquebus
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
fermentation starter; yeast starter; seed malt
(breeding) bull
(photographic) negative
mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation); starter culture; seed fungus
sire (animal breeding)
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
Examples (14 in total)
We sell flowers and seeds.
Tropical rainforests are a cause for concern.
That was the source of his troubles.