Vocab Info

N3 Noun

(たね)seed, pip, kind, variety, quality, tone, material, matter, subject, theme, (news) copy, leaven (bread), cause, source, trick, secret, inside story

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

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

    2. Noun

      2.

      progeny, offspring, issue, breed

    3. Noun

      3.

      paternal blood, lineage

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    4. Noun

      4.

      sperm, semen, seed

    5. Noun

      5.

      cause, source, seed, origin

    6. Noun

      6.

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

    7. Noun

      7.

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

      Food, cooking
    8. Noun

      8.

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

    9. Noun

      9.

      10-point card, tane, animal card

      Usually written using kana alone, Hanafuda, oft. as タネ

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    種 【たね】

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    Examples

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      イチゴの(たね)(にわ)花壇(かだん)()く。

      To sow strawberry seeds in the flower beds in your garden.

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      (ぼく)にその手品(てじな)(たね)(おし)えてくれませんか?

      Can you teach me the secret to that magic trick?

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      混乱(こんらん)(たね)になるような(こと)()わないでおきましょう。

      Let's not say anything that might cause confusion.

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      (ぼく)がおでんの(たね)(なか)一番(いちばん)()きなのは、ハンペンである。

      My favorite ingredient in oden is the fish-cake.

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      あまり(かれ)とは(はなし)(たね)がないので一緒(いっしょ)にいると()まずい(おも)いをしてしまいます。

      I don't really have any subjects to talk about with him, so I feel awkward with him.

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