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たね

seed

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Common N3
noun

1. Seed (e.g. of a plant); Pip; Kind; Variety; Quality; Tone

2. Material (e.g. for an article); Matter (e.g. of a story); Subject; Theme; (news) copy

3. Ingredient; Leaven (bread); Main ingredient of a sushi

4. Cause; Source

5. Trick; Secret; Magician's trick; Inside story

6. Paternal blood; Lineage See also 胤.

7. Breed (of a stock); Sperm; Semen

8. 10-point card (in hanafuda); Tane; Animal card word usually written using kana alone.

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