Illustration: On the balcony of a low-rise apartment, a resident pauses halfway through hanging a towel and looks upward. Across the open sky, a thick bank of rain clouds advances toward a remaining patch of sunlight; distant buildings are already partly obscured by rain.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空そら模も様よう

soramoyou

look of the sky, weather

Example sentences

  1. ひと雨あめきそうな空模様そらもようだね。

    It looks like it’s going to rain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この空模様そらもようではよい天気てんきになりそうだ。

    The sky promises fair weather.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 駅えきに着つかないうちに空模様そらもようが怪あやしくなってきた。

    The sky had become threatening before I got to the station.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 空模様

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 模imitation; copyOnモ・ボ
  • 様Esq.; wayOnヨウ・ショウKunさま・さん

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