穂

Meaning

穂 centers on the tip or top part of a plant or wave: the grain-bearing ear of a cereal plant, or the foamy crest of a wave. Both senses share the idea of a concentrated, productive endpoint.

• 穂ほ
  N1

  ear (of a cereal plant); head; spike

• 瑞穂みずほ

  fresh, young ears of rice; lush ears of rice

• 稲穂いなほ

  ear (head) of rice

• 穂先ほさき

  tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.)

• 花穂かすい

  spike

• 穂波ほなみ

  waving heads (of grain)

• 初穂はつほ

  first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season

• 出穂しゅっすい

  appearance of ears of grain

• 出穂期しゅっすいき

  sprouting season (of ears of grain)

• 刈り穂かりほ

  harvested grain; harvested rice ears

• 初穂料はつほりょう

  ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony

• 垂り穂たりほ

  drooping ears (of grain)

• 実るほど頭の下がる稲穂かなみのるほどあたまのさがるいなほかな

  the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

• 実るほど頭を垂れる稲穂かなみのるほどあたまをたれるいなほかな

  the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

• 小穂しょうすい

  spikelet; spicule; locusta

• 接ぎ穂つぎほ

  scion; cion; (horticultural) graft

• 槍の穂先やりのほさき

  spearhead

• 瑞穂の国みずほのくに

  the Land of Verdant Rice Plants; the Land of Abundant Rice; Japan

• 禾穂かすい

  ear of a cereal plant

• 穂並ほなみ

  rows of grain thrusting upright

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