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

breeding, propagation

to breed, to propagate, to multiply

魚: fish

as soon as

early

already, now

Alternative form of 早く (“quickly; soon”)

(informal) Alternative form of 早い (hayai, “early; quick”, terminal or attributive form)

early