Word · 単語
種
Reading たね
seed (e.g. of a plant)
- 1 seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel, stone (e.g. of a peach)
- 2 progeny, offspring, issue, breed
- 3 paternal blood, lineage
- 4 sperm, semen, seed
- 5 cause, source, seed, origin
- 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
N3
JLPT
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#1229
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ。
Seeds unsown do not grow.
sense 1 · seed (e.g. of a plant)
財産分与が争いの種だった。
The division of the property was a bone of contention between the brothers.
sense 5 · cause
ダーウィンは「種の起源」を書いた。
Darwin wrote "The Origin of Species".
sense 2 · progeny
蒔かぬ種は生えない。
You must sow before you can reap.
sense 1 · seed (e.g. of a plant)
ジャックは雌牛を種と交換した。
Jack exchanged the cow for the seeds.
sense 1 · seed (e.g. of a plant)