霜しも降ふり

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

speckled with white; salt-and-pepper pattern

Describes a surface or fabric with small white flecks, like a salt-and-pepper pattern. Often used for hair, textiles, or visual appearance.

• 父ちちの髪かみは霜しも降ふりになってきた。

  My father's hair has become salt-and-pepper.

• 霜しも降ふりのスーツを着きて会かい議ぎに出でた。

  He wore a salt-and-pepper suit to the meeting.

noun

marbling (of beef)

Refers to the fine white flecks of fat in high-quality beef. Often used in the compound 霜降り肉, but can stand alone in culinary contexts.

See also: 霜降り肉

• この牛ぎゅう肉にくは霜しも降ふりが多おおくて柔やわらかい。

  This beef has a lot of marbling and is tender.

noun

blanching (fish, chicken, shellfish)

Abbreviation of 霜降り作り. A cooking technique where seafood or poultry is briefly boiled then shocked in ice water, giving the surface a frosted appearance.

See also: 霜降り作り

• 鯛たいを霜しも降ふりにして刺さし身みに添そえる。

  The sea bream is blanched and served with sashimi.

noun

formation of frost

Original literal meaning: frost forming on a surface. Now mostly replaced by the more common 霜が降りる, but still understood in poetic or descriptive contexts.

• 早そう朝ちょうの霜しも降ふりが庭にわを白しろく染そめた。

  The morning frost whitened the garden.