ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
fresh, young ears of rice
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
appearance of ears of grain
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
twig used in grafting; budwood
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
quiver (of arrows; cylindrical)
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice
shaped like an ear of grain
rows of grain thrusting upright
to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation
smut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
Scilla scilloides (species of squill)
to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation
inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
sprouting season (of ears of grain)
racemose inflorescence (any indeterminate simple inflorescence)
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
Spiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)
Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake
Thelypteris acuminata (species of fern)
slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth