物もの種だね

noun

origin; fundamental element; seed of things

Refers to the source or basic element from which something arises; often used in a philosophical or explanatory context. The word is somewhat literary and not an everyday term.

• 好こう奇き心しんは発はつ明めいの物もの種だねだ。

  Curiosity is the origin of invention.

• 小ちいさな失しっ敗ぱいが成せい功こうの物もの種だねになることもある。

  Small failures can sometimes become the seeds of success.