a seed / a pit or stone in a fruit / a gamete (reproductive cell such as a spermatozoan or egg) / a lineage, bloodline / an origin, cause / the materials or ingredients from which something is made

to degenerate, to retrogress

degeneration; retrogression

goblin, ghost; an apparition

change in society, climate, or condition, transformation, variety / variation / declension / (sumo) a step to one side during the tachiai, the initial charge at the start of a sumo match; a sidestep

to change, to vary

environment, surroundings / the natural environment

seed / plant, sow / class, kind, variety / (taxonomy) species

an origin, cause / a type, class

counter for number of kinds or types