noun:

• first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring

noun / ~する noun:

• hibernation; staying indoors during winter

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• former winters; the last winter

expression / noun:

• 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 - idiom

noun:

• Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree

noun:

• type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter - Food term ➜ 素麺【そうめん】

noun:

• hot and cold; summer and winter

noun:

• wintering; passing the winter

noun:

• wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); winter melon - archaism ➜ 冬瓜

noun:

• wax gourd seed; winter melon seed

noun:

• wintry moon; a winter month

noun:

• lingering cold (even after the beginning of spring); lingering winter

noun:

• clouds in midwinter; cold winter clouds

noun:

• Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree ➜ 緋寒桜

noun:

• chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); king salmon; tyee salmon; Columbia River salmon; black salmon; chub salmon; hook bill salmon; winter salmon; spring salmon; quinnat salmon; blackmouth

noun:

• isocheim; isochime; isochryme; map contour connecting points with the same mean winter temperature

noun:

• wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon

noun:

• perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne); English ryegrass; winter ryegrass

noun:

• ashwagandha (Withania somnifera); Indian ginseng; poison gooseberry; winter cherry

noun:

• Persian speedwell (Veronica persica); large field speedwell; bird's-eye speedwell; birdeye speedwell; winter speedwell

noun:

• Persian speedwell (Veronica persica); large field speedwell; bird's-eye speedwell; birdeye speedwell; winter speedwell ➜ 大犬の陰嚢

noun:

• 10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall ➜ 小春日和

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to die (esp. foliage as winter approaches)

noun:

• snow child (type of winter spirit)

noun / ~する noun:

• making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)