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たね

noun

Reading

noun
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Meanings

  1. 1.

    seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach)

    noun
  2. 2.

    progeny; offspring; issue; breed

    noun
  3. 3.

    paternal blood; lineage

    noun
  4. 4.

    sperm; semen; seed

    noun
  5. 5.

    cause; source; seed; origin

    noun
  6. 6.

    material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject (of discussion); theme; (news) copy; source (of a story)

    noun
  7. 7.

    ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven

    nounfood, cooking
  8. 8.

    mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery

    noun
  9. 9.

    10-point card; tane; animal card

    oft. as タネ

    nounword usually written using kanji alonehanafuda

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