薄曇り

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 薄曇り is read as うすぐもり and is a noun for slightly cloudy or thinly overcast weather.
• Basic usage: Weather is predicated in 今日は薄曇りだ, while a sky used as a background appears in 薄曇りの空.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 曇り
  • 曇り covers cloudy weather generally; 薄曇り means a light overcast through which soft light may still pass.
• Modifying a noun
  • Use の before another noun, as in 薄曇りの空.