characteristic

(geography) subarctic zone

stern, grave, forbidding; dignified, stately / strict, unforgiving / tight, close, without gaps / harsh, tough, extreme, severe, hard to withstand (said of natural phenomena)

(rare, archaic) wondrous, miraculous, splendid, sublime / (rare, archaic) dignified, solemn, stern, noble, refined / (rare, archaic) beautiful, pretty

the way in which something is tightly packed or close together without gaps

short, brief / short, brief (in time) / short (in space, from one point to another) / short, brief (in length, such as a text or speech) / (archaic) short (in height)

(Ibaraki dialect) short, brief

(meteorology) climate

summer (season)

winter