奥歯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奥	歯
おく Grade: S	は > ば Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
奧齒 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おくば [óꜜkùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟ba̠]

Noun

奥(おく)歯(ば) • (okuba)

molar; back tooth

Derived terms

奥歯(おくば)に物(もの)が挟(はさ)まる (okuba ni mono ga hasamaru, “to beat around the bush”)

See also

前歯(まえば) (maeba), 前歯(ぜんし) (zenshi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN