to spend one's days in tears; to weep day and night; to live in sorrow
母を亡くして毎日なきくらしていた。
She spent every day in tears after losing her mother.
失恋の痛みで一週間泣暮した。
I spent a week weeping over a broken heart.
泣暮すだけでは前に進めないと悟った。
I realized I could not move forward just by weeping all day.