曇ります（くもります、kumorimasu）
- to get cloudy

The Japanese verb 曇ります曇ります means "to become cloudy," "to cloud over," or "to get overcast." It primarily refers to the weather, describing a situation where the sky is covered with clouds, and the sun is obscured. However, it can also be used figuratively to describe something becoming unclear or dim. ⚫︎It describes a change in state, from clear to cloudy. ⚫︎The core meaning relates to the obscuring of light or clarity.

⚫︎今日は曇ります。 Translation: The weather will be cloudy today. ⚫︎窓が曇りました。 Translation: The window clouded over. ⚫︎彼の表情が曇りました。 Translation: His expression became clouded.

曇ります曇ります is commonly used when discussing the weather, and can be used in both formal and informal situations. ⚫︎When used about the weather, it often describes the present or future condition of the sky. ⚫︎Figuratively, it can describe someone's emotional state or something that loses clarity. ⚫︎The verb form changes depending on the tense and politeness level of the conversation. The polite form for future is 曇ります曇ります, past form is 曇りました曇りました.

曇ります曇ります is primarily written in hiragana as くもりますくもります, because the kanji 曇 is used less frequently, especially by beginners. However, it's frequently used in sentences after learning the kanji. ⚫︎Kanji: 曇 ⚫︎Hiragana: くもりますくもります ⚫︎The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is always りますります.

⚫︎雲る（くもる） - This is the dictionary form of the verb, meaning "to become cloudy." ⚫︎空が曇る（そらがくもる） - "The sky is cloudy." This is a phrase that uses the verb 曇る曇る.

⚫︎晴れます（はれます） - "To clear up," or "to become sunny." ⚫︎快晴（かいせい）- "Clear weather."

明日は曇りのち雨の予報です。 ・Translation: The forecast for tomorrow is cloudy then rain. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 曇り曇り (the noun form) to describe the weather condition.

彼の目は涙で曇りました。 ・Translation: His eyes were clouded with tears. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the past tense of 曇る曇る to describe the condition of his eyes, showing an emotional impact.

The kanji 曇 combines the radical 雨 (あめ, rain) with 昷 (on, a phonetic component, and old form of 温). The word originally suggested that the sky was like a warm vessel which contained water, and thus became cloudy.