How to Say “I have a toothache.” in Japanese

How do you say “I have a toothache.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I have a toothache.

歯が痛い。

 haga itai

  • I have … = わたしは … がある watashiwa … ga aru
  • a toothache = 歯の痛み hano itami

The literal translation of “I have a toothache.” is “わたしは歯の痛みがある (watashiwa hanoitamiga aru)”, but we do not usually say like that.

We usually say “歯が痛い” when we have a toothache.

 We do not usually say “わたしは = I” in everyday conversation.

“歯 (ha)” means “tooth” and “痛い (itai)” means “hurt”.


歯が
tooth

痛い
hurts


If you want to speak politely, you can say :

歯が痛いです。

 haga itaidesu


(casual)

歯が痛い。

(polite)

歯が痛いです。


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