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涙

tears
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingルイ、レイ
Kun readingなみだ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. tearsRtK
    彼は感動して涙ぐんだ。He was moved to tears.tatoeba
    彼はとても雄弁だったので、誰もが感動して涙を流した。Such was his eloquence that everybody was moved to tears.tatoeba
  2. sympathy
  1. tear
  2. lachrymal secretion

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · re- · door (戸) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · flag (方) · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1163

Compound words

涙ぐむなみだぐむ
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
感涙かんるい
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
涙声なみだごえ
tearful voice
催涙さいるい
tear-inducing
涙ぐましいなみだぐましい
touching; moving; painful
暗涙あんるい
silent tears
嬉涙うれしなみだ
happy tears
空涙そらなみだ
crocodile tears
血涙けつるい
tears of blood
落涙らくるい
shedding tears
涙腺るいせん
tear gland, lacrimal gland
涙目なみだめ
teary eyes
忝涙かたじけなみだ
tears of gratitude
そら涙そらなみだ
crocodile tears
嬉し涙うれしなみだ
happy tears
催涙銃さいるいじゅう
tear-gas gun
雀の涙すずめのなみだ
drop in the bucket
涙脆いなみだもろい
easily moved to tears
うれし涙うれしなみだ
happy tears
落涙滂沱らくるいぼうだ
tears streaming down one's cheeks
涙交じりなみだまじり
(doing something) in tears
暗涙に咽ぶあんるいにむせぶ
to shed silent tears
血も涙もないちもなみだもない
cold-blooded
血も涙も無いちもなみだもない
cold-blooded

Additional Examples

彼はたいへん雄弁だったので、聴衆はみんな感動して涙を流した。
He spoke so eloquently that the audience were all moved to tears.tatoeba
彼は、ほおに涙を流して、その手紙を読んだ。
He read the letter with tears running down his cheeks.tatoeba

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