遅霜

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 遅霜 is read as おそじも and is a noun for frost occurring unusually late in the season, after frost would normally be expected to end.
• Basic usage: Use 遅霜で葉が白くなる for the cause of damage and 遅霜の記録 for a record of the event.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from ordinary frost
  • 霜 means frost generally, whereas 遅霜 also specifies its unusually late timing.
• Role marked by particles
  • で marks the frost as the cause of a change, while の links the event to its record.