Word Meaning お涙頂戴

おなみだちょうだい onamidachoudai

お涙頂戴 is read as おなみだちょうだい (onamidachoudai) and means tearjerker.

Meaning

English

  1. tearjerker
  2. sob story
  3. maudlin tale

Reading

Kana

おなみだちょうだい

Romaji

onamidachoudai

Writing Variants

  • お涙ちょうだい おなみだちょうだい onamidachoudai
  • 御涙頂戴 おなみだちょうだい onamidachoudai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 145873 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

頂戴

ちょうだい

please (give me; do for me)

頂戴物

ちょうだいもの

present

なみだ

sympathy

涙声

なみだごえ

tearful voice

感涙

かんるい

tears (from being deeply moved)

仏頂面

ぶっちょうづら

sour look

涙ぐむ

なみだぐむ

to have tears in one's eyes

側頭頭頂接合部

そくとうとうちょうせつごうぶ

temporoparietal junction

頂点法線

ちょうてんほうせん

vertex normal

頂門の一針

ちょうもんのいっしん

painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)

山頂を極める

さんちょうをきわめる

to reach the summit

Example Sentences

1

I don't like sad movies.