涙目

なみだめ

teary eyes

誰の目にも

だれのめにも

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

鬼金目

おにきんめ オニキンメ

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

鬼の女房に鬼神

おにのにょうぼうにきじん

a horrible man will find a horrible wife

目に涙がたまる

めになみだがたまる

tears gathering in one's eyes, tears welling up in one's eyes

鬼のように

おにのように

very, extremely

聞くも涙語るも涙

きくもなみだかたるもなみだ

(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears

目隠し鬼

めかくしおに

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

声涙ともに下る

せいるいともにくだる

to speak through one's tears, to speak with tears in one's eyes

金目のもの

かねめのもの

valuable article, valuables

涙もろい

easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose

目の前に

めのまえに

before one's eyes

血の涙

ちのなみだ

bitter tears, tears of blood

ペレーの涙

ペレーのなみだ

Pele's tears (tearlike drops of volcanic glass)

雀の涙

すずめのなみだ

drop in the bucket, very small quantity, chicken feed, insignificant amount, sparrow tears

蚊の涙

かのなみだ

pittance, something very small

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

血も涙もない

ちもなみだもない

cold-blooded, unfeeling, heartless, heart of stone, inconsiderate

鬼に金棒

おににかなぼう

making a strong person even stronger (like giving a metal rod to an ogre), as strong as can be