To Clear Up
To Become Sunny
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means clear up, so the verb vocab version is to clear up. It also means to become sunny as well.
はれる
The reading you learned with the kanji is the one you use here. One of those words where the kun'yomi's going to be more useful.
今は雨がふってますけど、二時までには晴れると思いますよ。
It's raining right now, but I think it will clear up by two.
昨日はよく晴れて良かったですね。
It was good that it ended up being very sunny yesterday.
ようやくフグと結婚することになったので、是非式に来てほしいなと思っています。詳細を同封した招待状を後ほどお送りしますね。パーティーは野外の予定なので、当日晴れるといいんだけどな。
I’m finally getting married to Fugu and I want you to be at our wedding. I’ll send you an invitation with all the details later. The reception will be outside, so I hope it’s sunny that day.