Meaning

Primary

To Get Cloudy

Alternative

To Become Cloudy

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means cloudy and the verb vocab version means to get cloudy or to become cloudy.

Reading

くもる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the same as the one you learned with the kanji. It also happens to be the same as , which has a very similar meaning (clouds).

Context

Context Sentences

ラーメンの湯気で眼鏡が曇っちゃうのが好きじゃないんだよね。

I don’t like it when my glasses get cloudy from ramen steam.

Kanji Composition