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胤
たね

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胤
たね

tane

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. issue; offspring; paternal blood

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たね

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種
たね

tane

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Relative commonness of this word, based on various sources (incl. newspapers)
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JLPT N3
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N3
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)

  1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone

    EXAMPLE
    彼女(かのじょ)はある種(たね)の天才(てんさい)です。
    She is a kind of genius.

  2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy

    EXAMPLE
    そんなことをすれば笑(わら)いものの種(たね)なるよ。
    If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.

  3. ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi

  4. cause; source

    EXAMPLE
    それが彼(かれ)の苦労(くろう)の種(たね)だった。
    That was the source of his troubles.

  5. trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story

  6. paternal blood; lineage

    Related:胤

  7. 10-point card (in hanafuda); tane; animal card

    Written w/ kanji only
    Word usually written using kana alone
    Written w/ kanji only

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