涙なみだぐましい

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涙ぐましい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	涙なみだぐましい	涙なみだぐましくない
Polite	涙なみだぐましいです	涙なみだぐましくないですalso 涙なみだぐましくありません
Past polite	涙なみだぐましかったです	涙なみだぐましくなかったですalso 涙なみだぐましくありませんでした
Past	涙なみだぐましかった	涙なみだぐましくなかった
Te-form	涙なみだぐましくて	涙なみだぐましくなくて
Adverbial	涙なみだぐましく
Conditional	涙なみだぐましければ	涙なみだぐましくなければ
Tara conditional	涙なみだぐましかったら	涙なみだぐましくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

touching; moving; heart-wrenching

Describes someone's effort, dedication, or situation that is so earnest or pitiable it brings tears to one's eyes. Often used for admirable but painful struggles.

彼かれの涙なみだぐましい努ど力りょくが実みを結むすんだ。
His touching efforts bore fruit.
被ひ災さい地ちでのボランティアの涙なみだぐましい活かつ動どうに心こころを打うたれた。
I was moved by the volunteers' heart-wrenching work in the disaster area.

Usage patterns

涙なみだぐましい努ど力りょくa touching, painstaking effort
彼かれは夢ゆめを実じつ現げんするために涙なみだぐましい努ど力りょくを続つづけた。
He kept up a heart-wrenching effort to make his dream come true.
涙なみだぐましいほど〈動どう詞し〉to do something to such a touching, earnest degree
彼かの女じょは涙なみだぐましいほど家か族ぞくのために働はたらいていた。
She worked for her family with a heart-wrenching dedication.
〈人ひと〉の涙なみだぐましい姿すがたthe touching sight of someone's struggle
選せん手しゅたちの涙なみだぐましい姿すがたに観かん客きゃくは感かん動どうした。
The audience was moved by the athletes' heart-wrenching struggle.

Kanji

涙tears, sympathy

Related words

感かん動どう的てき
感動的 is a general word for anything moving or impressive, while 涙ぐましい specifically describes earnest effort or hardship that brings one to tears.
痛いた々いたしい
痛々しい focuses on how pitiful or painful a sight is, while 涙ぐましい emphasizes being moved to tears by someone's earnest struggle.

Don't confuse with

涙なみだもろい
涙もろい describes a person who cries easily, whereas 涙ぐましい describes an effort or situation that is itself touching enough to bring tears.

Etymology

Compound of 涙 (なみだ, 'tears') + ぐましい, a suffix derived from くましい (from classical くまし, meaning 'to be full of' or 'to be deeply imbued with'). Literally 'tear-filled', describing something that moves one to tears.