冬（ふゆ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: winter
Example sentences
- 冬は寒いので厚いコートを着る。 — I wear a thick coat because winter is cold.
- 冬に温泉に入るのは気持ちがいい。 — Soaking in a hot spring in winter feels great.
Idioms & proverbs containing “冬”
- 春夏秋冬 (しゅんかしゅうとう) — spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
- 冬来たりなば春遠からじ (ふゆきたりなばはるとおからじ) — when winter comes spring isn't far behind
- 夏炉冬扇 (かろとうせん) — summer fires and winter fans; useless things
- 冬の時代 (ふゆのじだい) — dark age; hard times; winter years
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