曇る

Meanings

1. to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast
2. to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim
3. to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast
4. to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive

Kanji

• 曇

  Meanings

  cloudy weather, cloud up

  On reading

  ドン

  Kun reading

  くも.る

  Strokes

  16

Example sentences

• 突然、空が曇ってきた。

  All of a sudden, it became cloudy.

  Tatoeba #123352 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 今日は曇っている。

  It is cloudy today.

  Tatoeba #171528 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 蒸気でメガネが曇ってしまった。

  The steam has fogged my glasses.

  Tatoeba #146006 · CC BY 2.0 FR