In Japanese, "cloudy" is 曇り (kumori). It is a adjective pronounced "koo-moh-ree".
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曇り is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as kumori, it sounds roughly like "koo-moh-ree" to an English ear.
午後から曇りになるそうです。
Gogo kara kumori ni naru sou desu.
It is supposed to become cloudy from the afternoon.
Kumori (曇り) means cloudy. It describes overcast skies without rain and is a common weather state in Japan's spring and rainy season.
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Buy on Steam曇り is romanised as kumori. Say it roughly like "koo-moh-ree" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
曇り is a na-adjective or noun-adjective. It is neutral in register and fits naturally in both casual and polite sentences. Add na before a noun, or use desu for a polite predicate.
曇り is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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