Illustration: In a neighborhood dental clinic, a patient reclines with their mouth open while a dentist gently holds a small dental mirror beside a lower molar. The molar has an unmistakable dark, irregular cavity in its chewing surface; the neighboring teeth remain intact.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

虫むし歯ば

mushiba

cavity, decayed tooth

Example sentences

  1. どうも虫歯むしばのようです。

    I think I have a decayed tooth.

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  2. 虫歯むしばを抜ぬいてもらった。

    I got my decayed tooth pulled out.

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  3. 私わたしには虫歯むしばが二本にほんある。

    I have two bad teeth.

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Kanji in 虫歯

  • 虫insect; bugOnチュウ・キKunむし
  • 歯tooth; cogOnシKunよわい・は・よわい

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