種 しゅ たね くさ kind; variety n n-suf (biological) species n n-suf (logical) species n n-suf abbr seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone n material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy n ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi n food cause; source n trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story n paternal blood; lineage n breed (of a stock); sperm; semen n 10-point card (in hanafuda); tane; animal card n uk cause; seed; origin n n-suf variety; kind n counter for varieties n ctr Intermediate II ➥