涙 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 涙意味

tears, sympathy

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涙 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

なみだ namida

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ルイ rui
レイ rei

Examples

２粒の涙が彼女のほおを流れ落ちた。

Two tears fell down her cheeks.

涙が止まりません。

I cannot stop crying.

彼の目は涙でぬれている。

His eyes are bathed in tears.

彼女の目は涙で濡れていた。

Her eyes were moist with tears.

彼女の目は涙でいっぱいだった。

Her eyes were filled with tears.

彼女は涙をぬぐった。

She wiped away her tears.

鬼の目にも涙。

Even the hard-hearted can be moved to tears.

彼女の頬には涙が流れていた。

Tears were flowing down her cheeks.

涙が私の頬を流れ落ちた。

Tears rolled down my cheeks.

彼女は涙をこらえた。

She controlled her tears.

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