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noun
Reading
たね
nounタネ
nounsearch-only formMeanings
- 1.
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach)
noun - 2.
progeny; offspring; issue; breed
noun - 3.
paternal blood; lineage
noun - 4.
sperm; semen; seed
noun - 5.
cause; source; seed; origin
noun - 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.
ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven
nounfood, cooking - 8.
mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery
noun - 9.
10-point card; tane; animal card
oft. as タネ
nounword usually written using kanji alonehanafuda