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涙
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Idiomatic expression
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
Examples
あなたは血も涙も無い人ね。
You are a cold-blooded person, aren't you?
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touching; moving; painful
Examples
うちの子供達は早く起きるようにと涙ぐましい努力をしている。
My children make pathetically sincere efforts to get up early.
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easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
Examples
私の母は涙もろい。
My mother is easily moved to tears.
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(doing something) in tears
Examples
彼女は涙まじりに話した。
She told her story in tears.
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Idiomatic expression
to swallow one's tears; to choke back one's tears; to hold back one's disappointment; to suppress one's mortification
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tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
Examples
その映画はお涙頂戴ものだ。
The movie is a stereotyped sob story.
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for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
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Proverb
even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears; a tear in the ogre's eye
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Colloquial
to have tears in one's eyes; to be unable to stop crying
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to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes
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(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
