Word Meaning 種菌

たねきん tanekin

種菌 is read as たねきん (tanekin) and means mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation).

Meaning

English

mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation)
starter culture
seed fungus

Reading

Kana

たねきん

Romaji

tanekin

Writing Variants

種菌しゅきん shukin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 125386 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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菌種

きんしゅ

bacterial strain

種痘

しゅとう

smallpox vaccination

種苗

しゅびょう

seeds and seedlings

種井

たねい

pool for soaking seed rice before planting

種智院大学

しゅちいんだいがく

Shuchiin College

種の起源

しゅのきげん

On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859)

種子島宇宙センター

たねがしまうちゅうせんたー

Tanegashima Space Center

種類株

しゅるいかぶ

non-common stock (e.g. preferred stock, deferred stock)

種雄

たねお

sire (animal breeding)

細菌

さいきん

bacterium

無菌

むきん

sterilised

菌

きん

fungus