虫歯
N3むしば mushiba
- cavity
- tooth decay
- decayed tooth
- caries
noun
Chinese meanings
蛀牙
Examples
- どうも虫歯のようです。I think I have a decayed tooth.好像是蛀牙。
- 虫歯はひとりでにぬけてしまった。The decayed tooth came out on its own.蛀牙自己掉了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('be007a1109'); // 虫歯
{
"id": "be007a1109",
"word": "虫歯",
"reading": "むしば",
"romaji": "mushiba",
"meanings": [
"cavity",
"tooth decay",
"decayed tooth",
"caries"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1604850,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "どうも虫歯のようです。",
"furigana": "どうも{虫歯|むしば}のようです。",
"en": "I think I have a decayed tooth.",
"tatoeba_id": 201176
},
{
"ja": "虫歯はひとりでにぬけてしまった。",
"furigana": "{虫歯|むしば}はひとりでにぬけてしまった。",
"en": "The decayed tooth came out on its own.",
"tatoeba_id": 126312
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "754620e2704416921b892da725988902a1a4f537270f3a68c6073c9b84534b95",
"meanings": [
"蛀牙"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "どうも虫歯のようです。",
"zh": "好像是蛀牙。"
},
{
"ja": "虫歯はひとりでにぬけてしまった。",
"zh": "蛀牙自己掉了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/be007a1109",
"JMdict ent_seq 1604850; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "d1b0e4a9d87b6a8d1eae8462531246af00dd8b4107bbbe50d17b68a2ec743d23"
}
}