- 奥歯
- back tooth(見出しへ戻る headword ⇒ 歯)おくば
molars
back teeth* * *おくば【奥歯】back tooth〖C〗molar〖C〗大臼歯(きゅう/し);奥歯.* * *おくば【奥歯】a molar (tooth); a back tooth.●奥歯に物が挟まったような言い方をする speak with irritating reserve; talk as if one were concealing something; speak as if one had something up one's sleeve; be not quite frank 《with sb》.
●奥歯をかみしめて悔しさに耐えた. I clenched my teeth and concealed my mortification [suffered in silence].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.