櫛の歯が欠けたよう

Reading

Kana: くしのはがかけたよう

Romaji: kushinohagakaketayou

Definition

exp

1

missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing

Kanji

櫛

Readings: シツ、 くし、 くしけず.る

Meaning: comb

歯

Readings: シ、 よわい、 は、 よわ.い、 よわい.する

Meanings: tooth, cog

欠

Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く

Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)