霜
霜

frost

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Common Words

霜しもNounFreq #18133
1

frost

Examples
今朝、地面は霜で覆われていた。
The ground was covered with frost this morning.
2

Poetical term

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

星霜せいそうせいぞうNounFreq #44762
1

Formal or literary term

years; time

霜が降りるしもがおりるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #56850
1

to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost

霜月しもつきそうげつNounFreq #60368
1

Obsolete term

eleventh month of the lunar calendar

貴霜きそうNounFreq #60657
1

Historical term

Kushan (dynasty of India; approx. 60-375 CE)

霜降り霜降しもふりNounFreq #61544
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

2

marbling (of beef)

3

Abbreviation

(of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water

Examples
日本の牛は広範囲に霜降りがある。
In Japan beef has a high degree of marbled fat.
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Orig. meaning

formation of frost

霜柱しもばしらNounFreq #65036
1

frost columns; ice needles

霜焼け霜焼しもやけNounFreq #87211
1

frostbite; chilblains

Examples
耳がしもやけになったんだ。
My ears are frostbitten.
霜降り肉しもふりにくNounFreq #92774
1

marbled meat (esp. beef)

霜剣そうけんNounArchaicFreq #105737
1

cold sharp sword; blade of ice

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