Keyword
frost
Info
FrequencyTop 2500-2600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig455
Readings
しも
(71%)
そう
(21%)
ぞう
(7%)
Composed of
rain
towards each other
Used in kanji (1 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
years; time
to become frosted; to become frosty
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
frost columns; ice needles
marbled meat (esp. beef)
frostbite; chilblains
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
first frost of the year
frosty night
autumn frost; fall frost
to be withered or nipped by frost
nipped by frost; bleak
frost and snow
morning frost
frozen dew; frost and dew; (arch.) years; (arch.) time
frost damage
frostbite; chilblains
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
covering which protects against frost
thaw; thawing
frost formation; frost
air hoar; air frost; soft rime
wind and frost; hardships
late spring frost
covering which protects against frost
late frost; frost in late spring
gray; grey; frosted; hoary; frosty
frosty morning
defrost; defrosting
covering which protects against frost
frost-white hair
eleventh lunar month
frozen dew (at the end of autumn); amniotic fluid
early frost
frost and dew; something fleeting; something transient; something short-lived
late spring frost
eleventh lunar month
winter (season); slack or off season
many months and years
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
Kushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE)
Kushan (dynasty of India, approx. 60-375 CE)
late frost; frost in late spring
tenth lunar month
cold sharp sword; blade of ice
peppered moth (Biston betularia)
Examples (10 in total)
The ground was covered with frost this morning.
We had a heavy frost this morning.
The plants were damaged by the frost.