空そら泣なき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

crocodile tears; fake crying; feigned sadness

Refers to insincere tears or pretending to cry, often to manipulate or deceive.

• 彼かの女じょの涙なみだは空そら泣なきだった。

  Her tears were crocodile tears.

• 子こ供どもはおもちゃが欲ほしくて空そら泣なきをした。

  The child fake-cried to get the toy.