枯れ木

かれき

dead tree, dry wood

巌

いわお

huge rock

木枯らし

こがらし

cold wintry wind

枯木死灰

こぼくしかい

withered trees and cold ash, someone who is detached and free of desires, someone who has no vitality

巌巌とした

がんがんとした いわおいわおとした

craggy, steep (as of a mountain)

巉巌

ざんがん

near-vertical cliff or peak

碧巌録

へきがんろく

Blue Cliff Record; Biyan Lu (collection of Zen Buddhist koans compiled in China during the Song Dynasty)

巌窟王

がんくつおう

The Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas)

木枯らし１号

こがらしいちごう

first wintry wind in fall

寒

かん さむ さぶ

cold

大寒小寒

おおさむこさむ

first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

枯れ枯れ

かれがれ

dry-looking, withered

寒烏

かんがらす

crow in winter

寒暁

かんぎょう

cold winter dawn

寒雲

かんうん

clouds in midwinter, cold winter clouds

甚寒

じんかん

intense cold

寒煙

かんえん

cold smoke

寒鮒

かんぶな かんふな

crucian carp caught in midwinter

露寒

つゆさむ つゆざむ

cold at the end of autumn