VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

晴れ

はれ

hepburn hare

clear weather, sunny

Part of speech · noun

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晴clear up

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Examples

明日は晴れの予報です。
Tomorrow is forecast to be clear.
晴れの日は気持ちいいです。
Clear days feel nice.

Collocations

晴れの日 (clear day)晴れる (hareru, become clear — verb)晴天 (seiten, clear sky, formal)快晴 (kaisei, perfectly clear)晴れ晴れ (harebare, refreshed mood)

Mnemonic

晴れ hare — noun "clear (weather)". Verb form 晴れる hareru (become clear, batch 6). Onyomi せい (sei): 晴天 seiten (formal "clear sky"), 快晴 kaisei (perfectly clear). Same kanji, different readings. Weather forecast core vocab: 晴れ·曇り·雨·雪 (clear/cloudy/rain/snow).

Quick check

"Refreshed in mood" — hare-derived idiom?