涙なみだ川がわなみだがわMeanings1nounendless flood of tearsarchaicArchaic poetic word for a ceaseless stream of tears, often used in classical waka or literary contexts.古こ歌かに「涙なみだ川がわ」と詠よまれた表ひょう現げんは、とめどなく流なかれる涙なみだを川かわにたとえている。In old poems, the expression 涙川 likens endlessly flowing tears to a river.