しも
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
Noun
2. marbling (of beef)
3. (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
4. formation of frost
orig. meaning
Kanji used
frost
descend
Pitch accent
もふり
もふり
Composed of
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
marbled meat (esp. beef)
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