霜しも

し

も

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

The frozen dew that forms on cold surfaces, especially in winter mornings. Common in everyday weather talk.

しろ

だっ

た

。

There was frost this morning, and the car windows were completely white.

霜しもで野や菜さいが傷いたんでしまった。

The vegetables were damaged by the frost.

2

poetical term

Poetic metaphor for white or grey hair, likening it to frost. Used in literary or figurative contexts.

〈植しょく物ぶつ〉が霜しもで傷いたむfor plants to be damaged by frost
畑はたけの野や菜さいが霜しもで傷いたんでしまった。
The vegetables in the field were damaged by the frost.
髪かみに霜しもが交まじるfor one's hair to be streaked with grey
父ちちの髪かみにも霜しもが交まじるようになった。
My father's hair has started to be streaked with grey.

氷こおりN3sense 1
氷 refers to ice in general, while 霜 specifically means the frost that forms when dew freezes on cold surfaces.
白髪しらがN3sense 2
白髪 is the plain, literal word for grey/white hair, while 霜 is a poetic metaphor comparing it to frost.
雪ゆきN5sense 1
雪 is snow that falls from the sky, whereas 霜 forms directly on the ground or objects from freezing moisture.
露つゆN1sense 1
露 is dew that stays liquid, while 霜 is the same moisture after it has frozen into ice crystals.

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フロスト
霜 is the everyday Japanese word for the frost that forms on cold mornings, while フロスト is a rarer, more technical or product-label loanword for the same phenomenon.
初はつ霜しもN2
霜 refers to frost in general, while 初霜 specifically means the very first frost of the autumn or winter season.

霜しも降ふり
霜 means plain frost itself, whereas 霜降り describes a frost-like speckled appearance (in hair, fabric, or meat) rather than actual frost.

霜しも降ふり
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper pattern · marbling (of beef) · blanching (fish, chicken, shellfish) · formation of frost
早はや霜じも
early frost
霜しも月つき
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
初はつ霜しもN2
first frost of the year

The kanji 霜 combines 雨 (rain) and 相 (mutual), suggesting moisture that settles. The reading しも is native Japanese, with an uncertain deeper origin.

morning frost

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