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)
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.
voyeur; Peeping Tom
blue green damselfish; blue-green chromis
Standard kanji spelling.
Compound of 出 (で, 'protruding') and 歯 (ば, 'tooth'). The reading ば is a rendaku form of は.