Kanji1 / 10
涙 kanji
tears, sympathy
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ルイレイ
Kun readings
なみだ
Variant forms
泪淚Words with 涙
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —催涙弾tear-gas bomb
- —流涙症epiphora (excessive watering of the eye)
- —涙小管lachrymal canal (lacrimal, lacrymal); lachrymal duct
- —鼻涙管nasolacrimal duct; tear duct
- —火山涙Pele's tears (tearlike drops of volcanic glass)
- —涙滴型teardrop-shaped
- —涙滴状teardrop shaped
- —涙嚢炎dacryocystitis
- —催涙ガスtear gas
- —落涙滂沱tears streaming down one's cheeks; shedding copious tears
- —味涙反射gustatory-lacrimal reflex; gusto-lacrimal reflex
- —涙腺崩壊crying one's eyes out; being on the verge of breaking into a flood of tears
- —涙腺動脈lacrimal artery
- —暗涙に咽ぶto shed silent tears
- —涙腺が緩むto get teary; to be moved to tears
- —催涙スプレーtear gas defense spray (e.g. mace, pepper)
- —声涙ともに下るto speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes
- —声涙倶に下るto speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes
- —涙腺がゆるむto get teary; to be moved to tears