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感涙 (かんるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
tears of emotion ; tears of gratitude ; being moved to tears
Refers to tears shed because one is deeply moved, often with gratitude or relief. Somewhat elevated or written in tone; common collocations include 感涙を流す, 感涙する, and 感涙にむせぶ.
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She was moved to tears by the news that she had won the award.
Written forms 感かん 涙るい Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling for this Sino-Japanese noun and する-verb.
かんるい Usage 2%
Kanji 感 emotion, feeling, sensation Similar words 感かん 激げき Means being deeply moved or impressed; it does not necessarily imply actual tears.
感かん 泣きゅう Very close in meaning, 'weeping from emotion,' but tends to sound more literary or less common than 感涙.
涙なみだ The general word for tears; 感涙 specifically gives the reason as deep emotion or gratitude.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 感, meaning feeling or emotion, and 涙, meaning tears. The spelling transparently reflects the meaning 'tears caused by emotion.'
