初はつ穂ほ

noun

first ears of rice; first harvest of the season

Refers to the first rice ears or crops harvested in a season, often with ritual significance in Shinto contexts.

• 秋あきになると、農のう家かでは初はつ穂ほを神かみ棚だなに供そなえる。

  In autumn, farmers offer the first ears of rice at the household Shinto altar.

noun

offering to the gods; first-fruits offering

Specifically the act or item offered to deities, especially the first harvest; a core concept in Shinto ritual.

• 神じん社じゃに初はつ穂ほ料りょうを納おさめる。

  I pay a first-fruits offering fee at the shrine.