霜降り

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 霜降り is read as しもふり and is a noun for a frost-like mottled pattern or for fine marbling of fat through meat.
• Basic usage: Marbled beef appears in 霜降りの牛肉, while cloth with a white frost-like pattern appears in 霜降り模様の布.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Fat in meat or a mixed-color pattern
  • In food it describes fat distributed through lean meat, while in cloth or color it describes white flecks or streaks mixed through a surface.
• Difference from 霜
  • Unlike the word for actual frost forming on a cold surface, this term also denotes a frost-like pattern or meat marbling.