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曇

くもり

cloudiness, cloudy weather, shadow

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Examples

  1. 昨日、東京は曇りでしたか。

    きのう、とうきょうはくもりでしたか。

    Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?

  2. 明日は曇りのち雨でしょう。

    あしたはくもりのちあめでしょう。

    Tomorrow will be cloudy, later rain.

  3. 今日は一日中曇りで、洗濯物が乾かなかった。

    きょうはいちにちじゅうくもりで、せんたくものがかわかなかった。

    It was cloudy all day, so the laundry didn't dry.

Common patterns

曇りのち晴れ
cloudy, later clear
曇り空
an overcast sky
今日は曇りだ
it's cloudy today

Memory tip

The weather word is normally written 曇り with the okurigana; bare 曇 appears mostly in forecast tables. Note the kanji: 日 (sun) with 雲 (cloud) sitting on top of it.

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