fog

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is む, and the kun reading is きり. It has 19 strokes. It appears in words for fog and dense fog.
• Basic usage: 霧 is read きり and 濃霧 is read のうむ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 霧 / 濃霧
  • 霧 means fog and is read きり. It refers to ordinary fog that obstructs visibility.
  • 朝の霧で向こう岸がほとんど見えなかった。 means “Morning fog made the opposite riverbank almost invisible.”
  • 濃霧 means dense fog or thick fog and is read のうむ. It refers to dense fog that blocks the view or keeps a ship in port.
  • 濃霧のため前方がほとんど見えなかった。 means “The dense fog made it almost impossible to see ahead.”