稲穂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
稲	穂
いな Grade: S	ほ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
稻穗 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いなほ [ìnáhó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ina̠ho̞]

Noun

稲(いな)穂(ほ) • (inaho)

ears (head) of rice

Derived terms

実(みの)るほど頭(あたま)の下(さ)がる稲穂(いなほ)かな (minoru hodo atama no sagaru inaho kana, “lit. the boughs that bear most hang lowest; great men act humble.”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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