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
- —感涙Populartears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
- —催涙Populartear-inducing
- —暗涙silent tears
- —血涙bitter tears; tears of blood
- —紅涙feminine tears; bitter tears; tears of blood
- —落涙shedding tears; lacrimation
- —涙嚢lachrymal sac; tear sac; dacryocyst
- —涙腺tear gland; lacrimal gland
- —涙管lachrymal or tear duct
- —熱涙hot tears
- —涙骨lacrimal bone (of the skull)
- —涙道lachrymal passage (lacrimal, lacrymal)
- —涙点lachrymal punctum (lacrimal, lacrymal); lacrimal point
- —声涙tearful voice
- —涙器lacrimal apparatus
- —悲涙tears of sadness
- —涙堂eye bags; periorbital puffiness
- —涙液lacrimal fluid; tears
- —涙活therapeutic crying for stress relief; having a good cry
- —催涙銃tear-gas gun