奥歯

奥歯
back tooth
(見出しへ戻る headword ⇒ 歯)
おくば
molars
back teeth
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おくば【奥歯】
back tooth
〖C〗
molar
〖C〗大臼歯(きゅう/し);奥歯.
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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.

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