種
N3たね tane
- seed
- material
- cause
- source
noun
Chinese meanings
种子;根源;材料
Examples
- そんなことをすれば笑いものの種なるよ。If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.那样做会成为笑柄。
- 彼には不平の種なんか一つもない。He's got nothing to grouse about.他没有什么可抱怨的。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0167b18f74'); // 種
{
"id": "0167b18f74",
"word": "種",
"reading": "たね",
"romaji": "tane",
"meanings": [
"seed",
"material",
"cause",
"source"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1328820,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "そんなことをすれば笑いものの種なるよ。",
"en": "If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.",
"tatoeba_id": 204359
},
{
"ja": "彼には不平の種なんか一つもない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}には{不平|ふへい}の{種|たね}なんか{一|ひと}つもない。",
"en": "He's got nothing to grouse about.",
"tatoeba_id": 118758
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "4baca44cd3b62402f1d859fc47e57a19c9163c23e879ffe64bb94c0c4c6983fa",
"meanings": [
"种子",
"根源",
"材料"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "そんなことをすれば笑いものの種なるよ。",
"zh": "那样做会成为笑柄。"
},
{
"ja": "彼には不平の種なんか一つもない。",
"zh": "他没有什么可抱怨的。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/0167b18f74",
"JMdict ent_seq 1328820; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "8ce89f11c24777be8961cf7c14760e24ae547cd62aeda9b963734d699bf21266",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}