鬼の目にも涙

おにのめにもなみだ

Meanings

1. Expression even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears (literally: a tear in the ogre's eye)

Kanji

• 鬼 ogre. Read as おに.
• 目 eye
• 涙 tear. Read as なみだ.

Example sentences

• 鬼の目にも涙。
  Even the hard-hearted can be moved to tears.

Word lists

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