虫歯
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 虫 | 歯 |
| むし Grade: 1 |
は > ば Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 蟲齒 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 虫 (mushi, “worm, bug”) + 歯 (ha, “tooth”).[1][2] The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a bad tooth, dental caries, a cavity
Synonyms[edit]
- 虫齧歯 (mushikameba)
- 虫食い (mushikui)
- 虫食い歯 (mushikuiba)
- 齲歯 (ushi)
- 齲蝕 (ushoku)
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 虫 read as むし
- Japanese terms spelled with 歯 read as は
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Dental hygiene