曇る

Word

曇る

Reading

くもる

Level

N4

Part of speech

verb

Meaning

to become cloudy

Example

空が曇ってきたので、雨が降るかもしれません。 The sky has become cloudy, so it might rain.

Confused with

暗い (くるい/くらい - dark): 曇る is the action of weather becoming cloudy, whereas 暗い describes a dark state.

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