悔し涙

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くや
Grade: S
なみだ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
悔し淚 (kyūjitai)
口惜し涙

Pronunciation

Noun

(くや)(なみだ) (kuyashinamida

  1. tears of deep regret or remorse
    • 1916, 夏目漱石, 明暗:
      ()()にはそれが口惜涙(くやしなみだ)としか(おも)へなかつた。
      Tsuda ni wa sore ga kuyashinamida to shika omohenakatta.
      Tsuda could only think of those as being tears of remorse.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN