Kanji寒
Readingかん
Frequency13%
Used in (145 in total)
chill; shakes; ague
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
protection against the cold
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
cold; coldness; chilliness
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
wintry moon; a winter month
cold wave
cold district; northern district
resistance to cold
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
camellia-like plant native to China
intense cold
winter clothes; arctic clothes
temperature difference
mid-winter; cold season
penniless; extremely poor; destitute
cold color; cold colour
cold snap; wave of extremely cold weather
severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season
cold and heat; chills and fever
cold; coldness; cold air
hot and cold; summer and winter
cold night
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
frigid zone
destitution; misery; meagerness
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
cold weather in early spring
mid-winter training
marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)
place with warmer weather to spend the winter
deplorable; alarming
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); winter peony
going somewhere warmer for the winter; wintering
yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail
a cold air mass
cold region
arctic cap; watch cap
plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms
lingering winter
winter pine; pine tree that endures the cold of winter; person who does not waver from their own principles
cold country; cold region
acute febrile illness (e.g. typhoid); disease due to the cold (in traditional Chinese medicine)
alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)
winter chrysanthemum (cultivar of Chrysanthemum indicum)
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)
Prunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree); Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis)
hunger and cold
winter crow
cold; chilly
return to midwinter cold; cold spell in spring
subarctic zone; subpolar region
non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature
withered trees and frozen rocks; (fig.) a person that is hard to approach
winter spiritual austerities
keeping the head cool and feet warm
the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)
late-autumn or early-winter dew; "cold dew" solar term (approx. October 8)
cicadas which sing in late autumn
winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
frost; bitter cold
winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter
approach of winter; approaching the coldest time of the year
cold water; water in midwinter
cold winter rain
winter plum tree with reddish blossoms
Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
beginning of midwinter
suffering caused by the cold
made in the winter (sake)
the coldest season (weather)
mochi made in winter
bitter cold; extreme cold
Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
the beginning of spring
whitish marble (from northern Ibaraki); white limestone
coldest time of the year; bitter suffering
cold-water ablutions performed in winter
rubdown with a dry towel
damage from cold weather; frost damage
taiga; boreal forest; Arctic forest
exposure to cold
clouds in midwinter; cold winter clouds
winter thunder; thunderstorm accompanying a cold front
suffering in poverty; abject poverty
freezing mixture; refrigerant
koi carp caught during the cold season
(common) cold
Carex morrowii
lingering cold (even after the beginning of spring); lingering winter
bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail
it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold
alternating chills and fever
cold desert; arctic desert; fell-field
taking precautions against the cold (e.g. by dressing warmly)
isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature
cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes; (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori
cold points (of the skin)
winter visit to a shrine
a place of extreme cold
exposing greenhouse-grown fruit and vegetables to cold before harvesting
ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
Algerian iris (Iris unguicularis); Iris stylosa; winter iris
poor isolated village; one's hometown
bitter cold and fierce heat
egg laid in winter
flour made from cooked glutinous rice
cold winter dawn
extreme cold
crow in winter
winter manure
intense cold
Pleiades (esp. in winter)
Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus); scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
crucian carp caught in midwinter
Shijimi clam caught during winter
chirping of crickets in late autumn
Cambria (old name for Wales)
Asarum nipponicum (species of wild ginger)
seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)
centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum); tapeworm plant; ribbonbush