涙ぐましい

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. touching; moving; painful

Inflection

References

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