noun
midwinter; dead of winter
Refers to the middle or harshest part of winter, often in phrases such as 真冬に and 真冬の寒さ.
真冬にコートなしで外に出るのはつらい。
It is hard to go outside in midwinter without a coat.
真冬の北海道はとても寒い。
Hokkaido is very cold in the dead of winter.
A transparent compound of 真, used here as an intensifying prefix meaning 'true' or 'very,' and 冬, 'winter.'