Word Meaning 櫛の歯が欠けたよう

くしのはがかけたよう kushi no ha ga kaketayou

櫛の歯が欠けたよう is read as くしのはがかけたよう (kushi no ha ga kaketayou) and means missing important things here and there.

Meaning

English

  1. missing important things here and there
  2. full of gaps
  3. as if the teeth of a comb were missing

Reading

Kana

くしのはがかけたよう

Romaji

kushi no ha ga kaketayou

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 52 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 158784 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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櫛の歯が抜けたよう

くしのはがぬけたよう

missing important things here and there

櫛歯

くしば

comb teeth

くし

comb

歯向う

はむかう

to strike back at

欠を補う

けつをおぎなう

to bridge a gap

不可欠

ふかけつ

indispensable

補欠

ほけつ

filling a vacancy

欠陥

けっかん

defect

欠点

けってん

failure (in an examination)

歯止め

はどめ

brake

欠席

けっせき

absence