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嬉し涙 (うれしなみだ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

嬉うれし涙なみだ

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Meanings

1

happy tears; tears of joy

Tears shed from happiness or deep emotion, not sadness.

彼かの女じょは嬉うれし涙なみだを流ながした。
She shed tears of joy.

サプライズに感かん動どうして、嬉うれし涙なみだが止とまらなかった。

Moved by the surprise, I couldn't stop my happy tears.

Kanji

嬉glad, pleased, rejoice
涙tears, sympathy

Related words

涙なみだ
General word for tears; 嬉し涙 specifically means tears of joy.
悔くやし涙なみだ
Tears of frustration or regret, contrasting with the joyful nuance of 嬉し涙.

Written forms

嬉うれし涙なみだUsage44%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
うれし涙なみだUsage52%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still used.
うれしなみだUsage4%

Etymology

Compound of 嬉し (stem of adjective 嬉しい, 'happy') + 涙 ('tears').