小しょう満まん

noun

Grain Full; Lesser Fullness

The eighth solar term in the traditional East Asian calendar, falling around May 21. Marks the time when grains begin to fill but are not yet ripe.

See also: 二十四節気

• 小しょう満まんは二に十じゅう四し節せっ気きの一ひとつで、麦むぎの穂ほが実みのり始はじめる頃ころです。

  Shōman is one of the twenty-four solar terms, around the time when ears of wheat begin to ripen.