お涙頂戴

御涙頂戴

Reading

Kana: おなみだちょうだい
Romaji: onamidachōdai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: ルイ、 レイ、 なみだ
Meanings: tears, sympathy
Readings: チョウ、 いただ.く、 いただき
Meanings: place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
Readings: タイ、 いただ.く
Meanings: be crowned with, live under (a ruler), receive
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern

Example Sentence

その映画(えいが)はお(なみだ)頂戴(ちょうだい)ものだ。
➥The movie is a stereotyped sob story.
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