涙

tears; small amount

Kanji 1916

Learn how tears well up, trickle, and stream in Japanese and how to say that you're moved to tears. Start complaining about your pittance of a salary, and find out how to say that you've overlooked an insult. See how money can blunt the pain of a breakup. Also learn about the tears associated with sparrows, mosquitoes, crocodiles, and devils, as well as with chopsticks and blood.

Revision history:

• p. 2: Updated the Henshall etymology.
• p. 16: I deleted a broken link to a video and rewrote the surrounding text.
• p. 22: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.

Nov. 6, 2015: Originally published.