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    3. ごまめの歯軋り

    ごまめの歯軋り

    ご​ま​め​の​歯は軋ぎしり​

    feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless)

    NTNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    鱓の歯軋り

    ごまめのはぎしり

    Noun

    1.
    feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless), the clenching teeth of a dried sardine
    idiomatic expression

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    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    歯
    よわい・は・よわ.い・よわい.する…(1)
    tooth・cog
    Kanji
    軋
    きし.る・きし.む…(1)
    squeak・creak・grate
    Kanji
    ご
    go
    Kana
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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