Nounear (head) of rice

Nounquiver (cylindrical and worn on the back or hip)

Nounspike

Nountip of an ear (of wheat, etc.) · tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead

Nounsmut

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'shaped like an ear of grain

Nounwaving heads (of grain)

Nounrows of grain thrusting upright

Nounfallen ears (of grain); gleanings

Nounappearance of ears of grain

Nounfirst ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season · offering (to the gods)

Nountwig used in grafting; budwood

NounScilla scilloides (species of squill)

Nouncattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down

Nounfresh, young ears of rice; lush ears of rice

Nounear of wheat

Nounear of a cereal plant

Nounear of rice; head of a rice plant; spike

Nounspikelet; spicule; locusta

Nouninflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)

Nounharvested grain; harvested rice ears

Noundrooping ears (of grain)

Nounscion; cion; (horticultural) graft · opportunity to continue a conversation

Nounsmut; bunt; dustbrand

Nounsprouting season (of ears of grain)

Nounsmut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)

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

NounThelypteris acuminata (species of fern)

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

Nounspike (inflorescence)

Nounspearhead

NounSpiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)

Nounspadix (inflorescence)

Nounracemose inflorescence (any indeterminate simple inflorescence)

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

Nounslender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth

NounThe 47 Ronin

NounThe 47 Ronin

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

NounEurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

NounTakachiho University

NounLand of Abundant Reed Plains and Rice Fields; Japan

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'gu' endingto pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

NounAkaho Shinkin Bank

NounTakachiho University of Commerce

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)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

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest