涙を流す (shed tears)

idiom

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The fixed collocation 涙を流す, literally 'flow tears,' meaning 'to shed tears, to weep, to cry.' The crying person is the agent and 涙 is the object — Japanese keeps the person in control of the act, where English uses 'shed.' Slightly more literary than 泣く; standard in narrative or descriptive register.

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