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 (Early Jr. High, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
re-, return, revert
もど.す レイ (Early High School, 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)