涙ぐむ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
涙
なみだ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
淚ぐむ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 涙(なみだ) (namida) + ぐむ (-gumu).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なみだぐ​む [nàmídágúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠mʲida̠ɡɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

涙(なみだ)ぐむ • (namidagumu) intransitive godan (stem 涙(なみだ)ぐみ (namidagumi), past 涙(なみだ)ぐんだ (namidagunda))

  1. to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
    思(おも)わず涙(なみだ)ぐむ
    omowazu namidagumu
    to be moved to tears unconsciously

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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