ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel ➜ 末枯れる【うらがれる】
• to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

noun:

• weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• twittering of a bush warbler (esp. during winter); tiny twittering

noun:

• withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)

noun:

• Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)

noun:

• Pleiades (esp. in winter) - obscure term ➜ 昴

noun:

• the two solstices (summer and winter)

noun:

• snowflake pattern (esp. on winter clothing) ➜ 花柄【はながら】

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

noun:

• Prunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree) ➜ 冬桜【ふゆざくら】
• Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis)

noun:

• WARM BIZ (Japanese government campaign encouraging companies to set their heater thermostats to 20 degrees Celsius over the winter) ➜ クールビズ

noun:

• normal tire (i.e. not a winter tire, etc.); normal tyre; regular tyre

noun:

• flurry of snow in a clear sky
• winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops
• skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever ➜ 風ほろし

godan ~す verb:

• to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across
• to go over (e.g. with audience)
• to pass time (e.g. a winter)
• to surpass; to be better than; to exceed - often 超す
• to move house
• to go; to come - honorific language ➜ お越し

noun:

• wintry mountain
• mountain that is often climbed during the winter

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
• (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter

noun:

• midnight period; midnight service - Buddhism term ➜ 六時
• winter solstice - archaism

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• wintery

noun:

• atmospheric pressure pattern in winter; winter pressure pattern - abbreviation ➜ 冬型気圧配置

noun:

• lingering snow
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• lingering snow ➜ 残雪
• snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

noun:

• Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree
• enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake ［えのき・榎］ - abbreviation

noun:

• salt
• crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

noun:

• growing older
• aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)