出で歯ば

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)

• 彼かれは出で歯ばが気きになって、笑わらうときに口くちを隠かくす。

  He is self-conscious about his protruding tooth and covers his mouth when he laughs.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、出で歯ばをからかわれたことがある。

  When I was a child, I was teased about my buckteeth.