| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 霜 | しも | frost |
| 霜降り | 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 |
| 霜よけ | しもよけ | covering which protects against frost |
| 降霜 | こうそう | (fall of) frost |
| 星霜 | せいそう | years, time |
| 霜解け | しもどけ | thaw, thawing |
| 霜害 | そうがい | frost damage |
| 霜月 | しもつき | eleventh month of the lunar calendar |
| 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 |
| 霜柱 | しもばしら | frost columns, ice needles |