タネ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of タネ – see the following entry.

【種たね】4 [noun] a seed [noun] a pit or stone in a fruit [noun] a gamete (reproductive cell such as a spermatozoan or egg) [noun] a lineage, bloodline [noun] an origin, cause [noun] the materials or ingredients from which something is made [noun] capital, funds, seed money [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname

(This term, タネ (tane), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)