noun:

• nipped by frost; bleak

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• old-fashioned and tasteful

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither while standing; to die standing (of plants)

noun:

• high grade katsuobushi (with mold) ➜ 枯節

noun:

• dried persimmon

noun:

• withered chrysanthemum in winter

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be withered or nipped by frost

noun:

• winter (season); slack or off season

noun:

• bacterial wilt (caused by the bacteria Ralstonia solanacearum) - Medicine term

noun / ~する noun:

• withering; dying (plants)
• growing skinny; wasting away

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be in a miserable state; to be down and out

noun:

• leaf withering

noun:

• shameless person; sophisticated person; brazen hussy

expression / noun:

• withered trees and frozen rocks; "a person that is hard to approach" [figurative]

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement - four character idiom ➜ 侘寂

noun:

• withered silver grass

noun:

• Dutch elm disease ➜ 立ち枯れ病【たちがれびょう】

noun / ~する noun:

• drying up; parching

expression / noun:

• withered trees and cold ash; "someone who is detached and free of desires" [figurative]; "someone who has no vitality" [figurative]

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]