takes genitive case の, noun

  1. speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.).

noun

  1. marbling (of beef).
  2. (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water. Abbreviation.
  3. formation of frost. Orig. meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
霜降り しもふり
霜降 しもふり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

frost
しも ソウ (9th, N1)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
inter-, mutual, together
あい- ソウ ショウ (3rd, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
descend, precipitate, fall
ふ.る コウ お.りる (6th, N3)
to descend, to come down from heaven, to send down
コウ ゴ お.りる
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
sit or stand astride(跨) variant