N330/1669

たね

nounnoun (generic)foodcookingusually written using kana alonehanafuda

Reading

Meanings

  • seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel, stone (e.g. of a peach)
  • progeny, offspring, issue, breed
  • paternal blood, lineage
  • sperm, semen, seed
  • cause, source, seed, origin
  • material (e.g. for an article), matter (e.g. of a story), subject (of discussion), theme, (news) copy, source (of a story)
  • ingredient, main ingredient (of a piece of sushi), leaven
  • mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.), secret, trickery
  • 10-point card, tane, animal card

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Example sentences

このはなたねにわえました。

I planted the seeds of this flower in the garden.

彼女かのじょ笑顔えがおわたししあわせのたねになっている。

Her smile is the source of my happiness.

マジシャンはトリックのたね絶対ぜったいかさない。

The magician never reveals the secret behind his tricks.

記者きしゃはニュースのたねさがしてまちあるまわった。

The reporter walked around the city looking for news material.

二人ふたりあいだ不和ふわたねかれていたことに、だれづいていなかった。

Nobody had noticed that the seeds of discord had been sown between the two of them.