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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

種たね

N3
たね tane
  1. seed
  2. material
  3. cause
  4. 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。
  • 彼かれには不ふ平へいの種たねなんか一ひとつもない。
    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"
  }
}