Word Meaning 降霜

こうそう kousou

降霜 is read as こうそう (kousou) and means frost formation.

Meaning

English

  1. frost formation
  2. frost

Reading

Kana

こうそう

Romaji

kousou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136620 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

霜降り

しもふり

(of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water

霜降月

しもふりづき

eleventh lunar month

霜降作り

しもふりづくり

fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water

大霜降枝尺

おおしもふりえだしゃく

peppered moth (Biston betularia)

霜降

そうこう

"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)

霜降り肉

しもふりにく

marbled meat (esp. beef)

降伏

こうふく

yield

降圧剤

こうあつざい

drug to lower blood pressure

降下部隊

こうかぶたい

paratroop corps

降水確率

こうすいかくりつ

chance of precipitation

降誕会

こうたんえ

service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8)

降着円盤

こうちゃくえんばん

accretion disc