noun
protruding tooth; bucktooth; overbite
Refers to a tooth that sticks out noticeably, or the condition of having such teeth. Often used in everyday descriptions of dental appearance. The related term 出っ歯 (でっぱ) is more colloquial and emphatic.
See also: 出っ歯 (でっぱ)
彼は出歯が気になって、笑うときに口を隠す。
He is self-conscious about his protruding tooth and covers his mouth when he laughs.
子供の頃、出歯をからかわれたことがある。
When I was a child, I was teased about my buckteeth.
More colloquial and emphatic than 出歯. Often used in casual conversation or teasing.
Compound of 出 (で, 'protruding') and 歯 (ば, 'tooth'). The reading ば is a rendaku form of は.