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曇る

N5
くもる
[kumoru]
Illustration for 曇る

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitive

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast

2.GodanIntransitive

to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim

3.GodanIntransitive

to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast

Less common meanings (1)
4.GodanIntransitiveJargon

to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)

Examples

午後から急に空が暗く曇ってきたね。

The sky suddenly got dark and cloudy in the afternoon.

メガネが曇ってしまった。

My glasses fogged up.

眼鏡が曇って前が見えない。

My glasses fogged up and I can't see ahead.