母(はは) hahaは wa目(め) meに ni涙(なみだ)を()浮(う)か()べ()て() namidawoukabete私(わたし) watashiを o見(み)た() mita。 My mother looked at me with tears in her eyes. Literal Mother [topic-は] eyes [to-に] tears [object-を] floating-[sequential-て] me [object-を] looked-at 目に涙を浮かべて = 'with tears welling in her eyes' — 浮かべる (to float/set afloat) + て links the state to the main verb 見た. A literary, emotionally charged image. familyemotions~て form (chaining)
母(はは) hahaは wa目(め) meに ni涙(なみだ)を()浮(う)か()べ()て() namidawoukabete私(わたし) watashiを o見(み)た() mita。 My mother looked at me with tears in her eyes. Literal Mother [topic-は] eyes [to-に] tears [object-を] floating-[sequential-て] me [object-を] looked-at 目に涙を浮かべて = 'with tears welling in her eyes' — 浮かべる (to float/set afloat) + て links the state to the main verb 見た. A literary, emotionally charged image. familyemotions~て form (chaining)