紅こう涙るい

noun

tears of blood; bitter tears; feminine tears

Literary or poetic term for tears shed in deep sorrow, often associated with women or intense grief. The image is of tears tinged with blood or crimson, emphasizing anguish.

• 彼かの女じょの紅こう涙るいが頬ほおを伝つたった。

  Her bitter tears ran down her cheeks.

• 物もの語がたりの主しゅ人じん公こうは紅こう涙るいを絞しぼる思おもいで別わかれを告つげた。

  The story's protagonist said goodbye with a heart-wrenching flood of tears.