穂

Agriculture

smut; bunt; dustbrand

sprouting season (of ears of grain)

Thelypteris acuminata (species of fern)

ear of rice; head of a rice plant; spike

spearhead

Product name

The 47 Ronin

Product name

The 47 Ronin

gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)

Proverb

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

Poetical term

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

to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

spike (inflorescence)

Spiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)

Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

spadix (inflorescence)

racemose inflorescence (any indeterminate simple inflorescence)

Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake

slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth

Proverb

when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass

Proverb

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

Organization name

Takachiho University of Commerce

Organization name

Akaho Shinkin Bank

Organization name

Takachiho University

Historical term

quiver (cylindrical and worn on the back or hip)