袂たもとの露つゆ

expression, noun

tears on the sleeves of one's kimono; weeping copiously

Literary expression evoking the image of tears falling onto the sleeves of a kimono, suggesting deep sorrow or abundant weeping. Often used in classical or poetic contexts.

• 別わかれの場ば面めんで、彼かの女じょの袂たもとの露つゆが止とまらなかった。

  At the parting scene, the tears on her sleeves would not stop.

• その悲かなしい物もの語がたりを読よんで、思おもわず袂たもとの露つゆに暮くれた。

  Reading that sad tale, I was lost in a flood of tears.