晴れ・晴・霽れ|はれhare[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. no-adjectiveclear weather; fine weather
   その日ひは晴はれだったので、私わたしたちは泳およぎに行いった。↗

   It was a fine day, so we went swimming.
2. no-adjectiveformal; ceremonial; public
3. no-adjectivecleared of suspicion

• Synonym好天こうてんWrittenWritten/formal prose for fine weather, common in news reports, as in 「好天に恵まれる」.
• Synonym晴天せいてんWrittenA slightly more written alternative to 「晴れ」 for clear skies, as in 「晴天に恵まれる」.
• Synonym好晴こうせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for pleasantly clear weather; very rare, so use 「快晴」 in everyday speech instead.
• Synonym上天気じょうてんきCasualColloquial for exceptionally fine weather, often said with admiration, as in 「今日は上天気だ」.
• Antonym曇りくもりNeutralThe opposite of 「晴れ」: a cloudy day with clouds blocking out the sun.
• Antonym雨あめNeutralThe opposite of 「晴れ」: rainy weather; the two are often mentioned together in forecasts.

Use 「晴れ」 by default for clear weather. In written prose prefer 「晴天」, in reports 「好天」, and for an admiring remark 「上天気」. Cloudy days are 「曇り」 and rainy days 「雨」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 太陽たいようが出でている、雲くもの少すくない良よい天気てんき。日本にっぽん式しき天気てんき記号きごうでは、雲量うんりょうが2から8の状態じょうたい。国際こくさい気象きしょう通報つうほう式しきでは1。
2. 非日常ひにちじょう。祭まつりや儀式ぎしきに相応ふさわしい状態じょうたい。
3. 「はれる」の未然形みぜんけい。
4. 「はれる」の連用形れんようけい。