adjective

  1. touching, moving, painful.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
涙ぐましい なみだぐましい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tears, sympathy
なみだ ルイ レイ (7th, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
re-, return, revert
もど.す レイ (9th, N3)
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
と コ へ (2nd, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)