Hana no Nihongo

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Impara il kanji 穂!

今回の漢字は『穂』ですよ!⁠

穂 - ほ spiga; pannocchia; nesto; marza

稲穂 - いなほ pannocchia di riso; spiga di riso

花穂 - かすい infiorescenza; pannocchia; spiga

刈り穂 - かりほ spighe raccolte

垂り穂 - たりほ drooping ears (of grain)

穂先 - ほさき punta della spiga; punta (per es. di un pennello o di una lancia)

落ち穂拾い - おちぼひろい spigolare, raccogliere le spighe rimaste dopo la mietitura.

黒穂 - くろほ, くろぼ carbone/carbonchio dei cereali (malattia fungina)

瑞穂の国 - みずほのくに Terra del Riso Abbondante, epiteto poetico del Giappone

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P.S. Did you know that rice only became a staple food for most social classes after establishing regular imports from Korea and China during Meiji Period (1868-1912)? Japan simply wasn’t able to produce enough grain to sustain the unprecedented population increase of Edo period (1600-1868).

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