JLPT N5 · Verb

曇る (kumoru)

曇る (くもる, kumoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get cloudy; to cloud over”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: くもる
Romaji: kumoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast · godan verb, intransitive
to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim · godan verb, intransitive
to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast · godan verb, intransitive
to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive · from 面曇る

Example sentences

突然、空が曇ってきた。

All of a sudden, it became cloudy.

Tatoeba #123352

今日は曇っている。

It is cloudy today.

Tatoeba #171528

蒸気でメガネが曇ってしまった。

The steam has fogged my glasses.

Tatoeba #146006

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 曇る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	曇る	くもる kumoru
Polite (~masu)	曇ります	くもります kumorimasu
Negative	曇らない	くもらない kumoranai
Polite negative	曇りません	くもりません kumorimasen
Past	曇った	くもった kumotta
Polite past	曇りました	くもりました kumorimashita
Negative past	曇らなかった	くもらなかった kumoranakatta
Te-form	曇って	くもって kumotte
Potential	曇れる	くもれる kumoreru
Passive	曇られる	くもられる kumorareru
Causative	曇らせる	くもらせる kumoraseru
Volitional	曇ろう	くもろう kumorou
Imperative	曇れ	くもれ kumore
Conditional (~ba)	曇れば	くもれば kumoreba

Kanji in 曇る

曇

cloudy weather, cloud upドン・くも.る · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 曇る.

曇りくもりcloudiness

Source: JMdict entry 1457560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.