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涙
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Idiomatic expression
drop in the bucket; pittance; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears
Examples
雀の涙ほどの給料では何の役にも立たない。
The chicken feed I get for a salary is good for nothing.
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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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crocodile tears
Examples
彼女は彼の死にそら涙を流した。
She shed crocodile tears over his death.
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to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes
