Kanji
Readingとう
Frequency8%
Used in (49 in total)
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
winter; winter season; winter moon
(season of) winter
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
winter solstice
passing the winter; hibernation
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
winter; wintertime; winter term
Ministry of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
severe winter
winter buds; winter sprouts
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
wintering party (team)
summer and winter
wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon
winter vacation (holidays)
mild winter; warm winter
this winter; next winter; last winter
late winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
first day of winter (approx. November 8)
last winter
artificial hibernation; induced hibernation
three winter months
former winters; the last winter
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese silverleaf (Farfugium japonicum); kerria (Kerria japonica)
wintering spot (e.g. of a migrating bird)
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
next winter
summer fires and winter fans; useless things
winter sky; wintry weather
winter solstitial point
Winter Olympic Games; Winter Olympics
beginning of winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
abnormally warm winter
custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice
the Tropic of Capricorn
tenth month of the lunar calendar
wax gourd seed; winter melon seed
last winter
twelfth lunar month
azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases)
end of winter; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)
end of winter