種たね取とり

noun

seed collecting; seed raising; news gathering

Used for collecting seeds from plants for cultivation, or metaphorically for gathering material or news. The 'news gathering' sense is less common and may be context-dependent.

• 来らい年ねんのためにトマトの種たね取とりをした。

  I collected tomato seeds for next year.

• 記き者しゃは記き事じの種たね取とりに奔ほん走そうしている。

  The reporter is busy gathering material for an article.