This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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霜月

しもつき、そうげつ
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
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霜降り

霜降
しもふり
speckled with white; salt and pepper (colour, color); (of fabric) created by intertwining white and coloured fibres; (of beef) marbling; (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
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遅霜

おそじも
late spring frost
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霜枯れ

しもがれ
nipped by frost; bleak
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霜枯れる

v1
vi
しもがれる
to be withered or nipped by frost
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霜枯れ時

しもがれどき
winter (season); slack or off season
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露霜

つゆじも
frozen dew
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霜雪

そうせつ
frost and snow
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霜夜

しもよ
frosty night