Word Meaning 鬼の目にも涙

おにのめにもなみだ oni no menimonamida

鬼の目にも涙 is read as おにのめにもなみだ (oni no menimonamida) and means even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears.

Meaning

English

even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears
a tear in the ogre's eye

Reading

Kana

おにのめにもなみだ

Romaji

oni no menimonamida

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 126375 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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鬼金目

おにきんめ

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

目隠し鬼

めかくしおに

game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

涙目

なみだめ

teary eyes

目に涙がたまる

めになみだがたまる

for tears to gather in one's eyes

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

Example Sentences

鬼の目にも涙。

Even the hard-hearted can be moved to tears.