晴れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
晴
は Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 晴れる hareru, “to clear”.^[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はれ [hàréꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾe̞]

Noun

晴(は)れ • (hare) 

1. fine weather; clear weather

   晴(は)れ時々曇(ときどきくも)り

   hare tokidoki kumori

   fine, but sometimes cloudy

2. formal; unconnected with everyday affairs

   晴(は)れ着(ぎ)

   hare gi

   formal wear

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “formal”): 褻(け) (ke, “informal”)

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN