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曇る

くもる

N4to become cloudy · to fog up

Examples

午後から空が曇って、冷たい風が吹き始めた。

温かい汁を飲むと眼鏡が曇った。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 曇る, read くもる, denotes an intransitive verb for a sky becoming overcast or glass fogging with vapor.
  • Basic usage: It covers the sky becoming overcast and glasses fogging from warm soup.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Overcast sky and fogged surface
    • Distinguish clouds obscuring the sky from vapor making a glass surface opaque.

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