Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
なみだ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
淚ぐましい (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Adjectivization of the verb (なみだ)ぐむ (namidagumu)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) みだぐまし [nàmídágúmáshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠mʲida̠ɡɯ̟ᵝma̠ɕiː]

Adjective edit

(なみだ)ぐましい (namidagumashii-i (adverbial (なみだ)ぐましく (namidagumashiku))

  1. touching; moving; painful

Inflection edit

References edit

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