Keyword
frost
Info
FrequencyTop 2500-2600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig455
Readings
しも
(71%)
そう
(20%)
ぞう
(7%)
じも
(1%)
Composed of
rain
towards each other
Used in kanji (1 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (59 in total)
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
years; time
to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost
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
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
frost columns; ice needles
marbled meat (esp. beef)
frostbite; chilblains
first frost of the year
to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
frosty night
autumn frost; fall frost; harshness; strictness; white hair; grey hair
morning frost
to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost
to be withered or nipped by frost
nipped by frost; bleak
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 and snow
covering which protects against frost
frozen dew; frost and dew; (arch.) years; (arch.) time
thaw; thawing
late spring frost
frostbite; chilblains
frost damage
covering which protects against frost
wind and frost; hardships
late frost; frost in late spring
frost formation; frost
air hoar; air frost; soft rime
defrosting (e.g. of a freezer)
early frost
gray; grey; frosted; hoary; frosty
frozen dew (in late autumn); waters (i.e. amniotic fluid discharged shortly before birth)
frosty morning
covering which protects against frost
eleventh lunar month
frost-white hair
late spring frost
defrosting (e.g. of a freezer)
eleventh lunar month
bleak winter season; off season; dead season; slack period
bleak winter season; off season; dead season; slack period
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
frost and dew; something fleeting; something transient; something short-lived
peppered moth (Biston betularia)
Examples (10 in total)
The plants were damaged by the frost.
The ground was covered with frost this morning.
We had a heavy frost this morning.