霧（きり）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: fog/mist
Example sentences
- 朝、山に深い霧が出た。 — Thick fog settled over the mountain in the morning.
- 霧で前がよく見えない。 — The fog makes it hard to see ahead.
Idioms & proverbs containing “霧”
- 雲散霧消 (うんさんむしょう) — vanishing like mist
- 五里霧中 (ごりむちゅう) — totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered
- 雲集霧散 (うんしゅうむさん) — (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering
- 雲消霧散 (うんしょうむさん) — vanishing like mist
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