How to say “partly cloudy” in Japanese
3 phrases · Tourist, Learner, and Local levels · with pronunciation
晴れ時々曇りです。
🔊 Hare tokidoki kumori desu
Literally: “Sunny sometimes cloudy.”
💡 Classic Japanese weather forecast format
今日は晴れたり曇ったりしていますね。
🔊 Kyō wa haretari kumottari shite imasu ne
Literally: “Today it's alternating between sun and clouds.”
💡 〜たり〜たり = alternating between two states
雲の合間から日が差してきれいですね。
🔊 Kumo no aima kara hi ga sashite kirei desu ne
Literally: “Sunlight streaming through the gaps in the clouds is beautiful, isn't it.”
💡 合間 = gaps/interstices; 日が差す = sun streams through, poetic and very Japanese
About these Japanese phrases
These Japanese weather phrases cover three levels of fluency for expressing partly cloudy conditions. The Tourist phrase is what any beginner can use immediately. The Learner phrase sounds natural in everyday conversation. The Local phrase uses authentic idioms and expressions that native speakers actually use — the kind of phrase that makes locals smile when they hear a foreigner use it.
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