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expressions (phrases Godan verb with 'ru' ending
idiomatic expression
spoiling someone's work ; useless effort ; labouring in vain ; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
Other forms
権兵衛が種まきゃ烏がほじくる 【ごんべえがたねまきゃからすがほじくる】 (search-only kanji form) · 権兵衛が種まきゃカラスがほじくる 【ごんべえがたねまきゃからすがほじくる】 (search-only kanji form)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) kind ; sort ; type ; class
６種の道具がひとまとまりになっている。
A half-dozen tools make up the tool collection.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
biology
species
１つの種が絶滅するたびに、我々は自然界の一部を永久に失うことになる。
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
abbreviation
logic
species
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) seed (e.g. of a plant) ; pip ; kernel ; stone (e.g. of a peach)
蒔かぬ種は生えない。
You must sow before you can reap.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) progeny ; offspring ; issue ; breed
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) paternal blood ; lineage
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) sperm ; semen ; seed
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) cause ; source ; seed ; origin
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.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) material (e.g. for an article) ; matter (e.g. of a story) ; subject (of discussion) ; theme ; (news) copy ; source (of a story)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
food, cooking
ingredient ; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi) ; leaven
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.) ; secret ; trickery
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
word usually written using kana alone
hanafuda
10-point card ; tane ; animal card
oft. as タネ
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun cause ; seed ; origin
oft. ぐさ in compounds
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) variety ; kind
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) counter for varieties
