初しょ冬とう

adverb, noun

early winter

Refers to the beginning of winter, typically around November in the modern calendar. Used both as a noun and adverbially.

• 初しょ冬とうの風かぜが冷つめたく感かんじられる。

  The early winter wind feels cold.

• 初しょ冬とう、山やま々やまは初はつ雪ゆきを迎むかえる。

  In early winter, the mountains receive their first snow.

adverb, noun

tenth month of the lunar calendar

Obsolete term referring to the tenth month of the traditional lunar calendar, roughly corresponding to early winter.

• 旧きゅう暦れきでは、初しょ冬とうは十じゅう月がつを指さした。

  In the old lunar calendar, 初冬 referred to the tenth month.