枕まくらを濡ぬらす

expression, godan verb (-su)

cry in bed; cry oneself to sleep; weep secretly in bed

Idiomatic expression for crying alone in bed, often implying hidden sorrow or nighttime tears. The literal image is moistening one's pillow with tears.

• 失しつ恋れんして、毎まい晩ばん枕まくらを濡ぬらした。

  After the heartbreak, I cried myself to sleep every night.

• 彼かれは誰だれにも言いえず、一人ひとりで枕まくらを濡ぬらす日ひ々びが続つづいた。

  Unable to tell anyone, he spent days weeping secretly in bed alone.