寒

Carex morrowii

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)

Shijimi clam caught during winter

seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)

isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature

Buddhism

cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes

Idiomatic expression; Derogatory; Buddhism

(lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori

flour made from cooked glutinous rice

centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant; ribbonbush

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); winter peony

cold snap; wave of extremely cold weather

exposing greenhouse-grown fruit and vegetables to cold before harvesting

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Shanghan Lun (treatise on traditional Chinese medicine compiled by Zhang Zhongjing); Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders; Treatise on Cold Injury

Idiomatic expression

to feel a chill run down one's spine

chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold

somewhat cold; a bit chilly

Idiomatic expression

to make a person's blood run cold

swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season

to feel cold; to have a chill

Meteorology

cold front

alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)

Proverb

no heat or cold lasts over the equinox

strapped for cash

return to midwinter cold; cold spell in spring

withered trees and frozen rocks; a person that is hard to approach