namida-me 涙目

In Japanese, namida-me 涙目 means "tearful eyes," or "teary eyes." In manga and anime, eyes are sometimes drawn with tear drops on the corners, but those drops don't fall on the cheek, they simply hang in there.

In particular, although crying characters are typically actually sad and depressed, characters that just have a tear hanging from their eyes can have other emotions too, like being embarrassed, displeased, or angry.

Character: Maki Natsuo 真木夏緒
Anime: Love Lab, Ren'ai Rabo 恋愛ラボ (Episode 1)

• Examples

Examples

For reference, some examples:

Character: Amayadori Machi 雨宿まち
Anime: Kuma Miko くまみこ (Episode 1)

Character: Hinata Aoi 日向葵
Anime: Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake kayo 俺を好きなのはお前だけかよ (Episode 2)

• {naki-sou na} kao
  泣きそうな顔
  A face {like [she] is going to cry}.
  • naki-gao
    泣き顔
    Crying face.
• Apparently, nami-me 波目, "wave eyes," may be a term to refer to teary eyes drawn with a wavy outline like this.^{[波目 - tonbi.jp, accessed 2020-04-08]}

Character: Honey-senpai ハニー先輩
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club, Ouran Koukou Hosuto-Bu 桜蘭高校ホスト部 (Episode 12)

• uru-uru-me
  うるうる目
  Watery eyes.

Character: Yuno ゆの,
Anime: Hidamari Sketch, ひだまりスケッチ (Episode 1)

• guriguri-me
  ぐりぐり目
  Spinning eyes.