THE WORD · N3
種
seed
Noun
それが悩みの種なんだ。
That's boredom.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: small_snow · French : zogwarg
Parts of speech
Noun
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
English dictionary meanings
- seed (e.g. of a plant)
- pip
- kernel
- stone (e.g. of a peach)
- progeny
- offspring
- issue
- breed
- paternal blood
- lineage
- sperm
- semen
- seed
- cause
- source
- origin
- material (e.g. for an article)
- matter (e.g. of a story)
- subject (of discussion)
- theme
- (news) copy
- source (of a story)
- ingredient
- main ingredient (of a piece of sushi)
- leaven
- mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.)
- secret
- trickery
- 10-point card
- tane
- animal card