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ear (of a cereal plant)

ear (head) of rice

Takachiho University

sprouting season (of ears of grain)

appearance of ears of grain

tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.)

spikelet

ceremony fee

twig used in grafting

shaped like an ear of grain

Takachiho University of Commerce

ear of rice

first ears of rice of the season

The 47 Ronin

smut

Akaho Shinkin Bank

to pick up the thread of a story

spike (inflorescence)

spike

Spiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)

fallen ears (of grain)

the more learned, the more humble

Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis)

racemose inflorescence (any indeterminate simple inflorescence)

scion

rows of grain thrusting upright

smut

waving heads (of grain)

spadix (inflorescence)

The 47 Ronin

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

when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you

the Land of Verdant Rice Plants

the more learned, the more humble

smut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)

spearhead

Scilla scilloides (species of squill)

slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis)

harvested grain

ear of wheat

cattail cotton

Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

drooping ears (of grain)

Land of Abundant Reed Plains and Rice Fields

Thelypteris acuminata (species of fern)

fresh, young ears of rice

inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)

ear of a cereal plant