霜

Meaning

霜 centers on frozen atmospheric moisture that forms icy crystals: frost. It is the visible white coating that appears on cold surfaces.

• 霜しも
  N3

  frost

• 霜降りしもふり

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

• 霜月しもつき

  eleventh month of the lunar calendar

• 早霜はやじも

  early frost

• 幾星霜いくせいそう

  many months and years

• 星霜せいそう

  years; time

• 初霜はつしも
  N2

  first frost of the year

• 初霜月はつしもづき

  tenth lunar month

• 別れ霜わかれじも

  late frost; frost in late spring

• 大霜降枝尺おおしもふりえだしゃく

  peppered moth (Biston betularia)

• 忘れ霜わすれじも

  late frost; frost in late spring

• 春霜しゅんそう

  spring frost

• 晩霜ばんそう

  late frost

• 朝霜あさしも

  morning frost

• 樹霜じゅそう

  air hoar; air frost; soft rime

• 水霜みずじも

  frozen dew (in late autumn)

• 秋霜しゅうそう

  autumn frost; fall frost

• 秋霜烈日しゅうそうれつじつ

  harshness; severity

• 貴霜きそう

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

• 貴霜朝きそうちょう

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

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