虫歯
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- a bad tooth, dental caries, a cavity
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 虫 (bug, insect, worm, mushi) + Japanese 歯 (tooth, teeth).
Origin
Japanese
歯
Gloss
tooth, teeth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
歯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 入れ歯 Japanese
- 剣歯虎 Japanese
- 南京虫 Japanese
- 天道虫 Japanese
- 床虫 Japanese
- 松虫 Japanese
- 歯 Japanese
- 歯医者 Japanese
- 歯学 Japanese
- 歯擦音 Japanese
- 歯痒い Japanese
- 歯質 Japanese
- 歯鯨 Japanese
- 毒虫 Japanese
- 皮虫 Japanese
- 真田虫 Japanese
- 臼歯 Japanese
- 苔虫 Japanese
- 草履虫 Japanese
- 虫 Japanese
- 虫垂 Japanese
- 象虫 Japanese
- 鋏虫 Japanese
- 鍬形虫 Japanese
- 門歯 Japanese
- 齦 Japanese
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