Word details

涙ぐましい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 涙ぐましい.

Dictionary

Entry

涙ぐましいみだぐまし~い Adj.Freq #36872
1

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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

tears, sympathy

10 strokesFrequency 1,381JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ルイレイ

Kun

なみだ

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