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    3. 歯ぎしり

    歯ぎしり

    歯はぎ​し​り​

    involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding

    NTNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    歯軋り

    はぎしり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding, bruxism
    2.
    grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

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    Characters that make up this word

    歯
    よわい・は・よわ.い・よわい.する…(1)
    tooth・cog
    Kanji
    ぎ
    gi
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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