お涙頂戴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
涙 頂 戴
なみだ
Grade: S 		ちょう
Grade: 6 		だい
Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spellings
お淚頂戴 (kyūjitai)
御涙頂戴

Etymology

御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 涙(なみだ) (namida, “tears”) + 頂(ちょう)戴(だい) (chōdai, “please”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おなみだちょーだい [ònáꜜmìdàchòòdàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞na̠mʲida̠t͡ɕo̞ːda̠i]

Noun

お涙(なみだ)頂(ちょう)戴(だい) • (onamidachōdai) 

  1. tearjerker; sob story

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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