How to say seed in Japanese

JLPTN3
種☆【たねtane】

noun:

  • seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
  • material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
  • ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
  • cause; source
  • trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
  • paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
  • breed (of a stock); sperm; semen

Example Sentences

命inochiのno種taneはhaまかれたmakareta。
Life's seed is laid.
彼kareはha種taneからkaraトマトTOMATOのno苗naeをwo育てたsodateta。
He raised tomato plants from seed.
農夫noufu達tachiはha畑hatakeにni種をまいているtanewomaiteiru。
The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.
悪いwarui種taneからkara必ずkanarazu悪いwarui実miがgaできるdekiru。
Bad seed must produce bad corn.

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