稲

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

Esp. 晩稲

late-growing rice

Esp. 晩生

late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers

Esp. 奥手, 晩熟

late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer

Usu. 早稲

early ripening rice

Usu. 早生

early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.)

Usu. 早生

person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)

Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)

fox (said to be messengers of Inari)

fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes)

Abbreviation; Word usually written using kana alone

inarizushi

(flash of) lightning

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

ear (head) of rice

rice cultivation; rice crop

field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice

paddy field; rice field

rice reaping; rice harvesting

rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya)

grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

wet-land rice

Poaceae (family comprising the true grasses); Gramineae

rice-drying rack

mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables

中手 only; Anatomy

metacarpus

god of food (esp. of rice)

rice straw; paddy straw

rice grown on dry land; dry land rice plant

sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants

stack of rice straw; rick; cock

rice pest

rice threshing; rice thresher