expression, godan verb (-ru)
shed many tears; weep copiously
Literary idiom evoking the image of wringing out a sleeve soaked with tears. Used for deep, often prolonged weeping. The literal meaning is 'to wring out one's sleeve'.
彼女は悲しみのあまり袂を絞るほど泣いた。
She wept so bitterly that she could have wrung out her sleeves.
その物語を読んで、思
Reading that story, I couldn't help but shed many tears.