もらい泣なき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

crying in sympathy; infectious crying

Describes the act of being moved to tears by seeing someone else cry, or the phenomenon of tears spreading among a group. Often used with する to mean 'to cry in sympathy'.

• 友とも達だちが泣ないているのを見みて、もらい泣なきしてしまった。

  Seeing my friend cry, I ended up crying in sympathy.

• 感かん動どう的てきな映えい画がで、観かん客きゃく全ぜん員いんがもらい泣なきした。

  During the moving film, the entire audience was moved to tears.