Black teeth - Ohaguro

Japanese: 御歯黒 - オハグロ

{"teeth blackening" is a woman's word}
1. Dyeing teeth black. A custom practiced among upper-class women since ancient times. In the late Heian period, it was also practiced by nobles and samurai men, and later became popular among the general public, and in the Edo period it became a sign of married women. Kanetsuke.
2. A liquid used to dye teeth black. It is made by soaking old scrap iron in tea juice or vinegar. Soak a brush in this liquid, Gallnut Fushi Put the powder on your teeth and rub it on.
3. "Blackened Teeth" dragonfly Dragonfly " " is an abbreviation of " Kishia " "-- and a traveler Rest Yasu If you look, you will see the woman

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

《「歯黒め」の女房詞》
１歯を黒く染めること。上代から上流婦人の間に行われた風習。平安後期には公家や武家の男子も行い、のち民間にも流行し、江戸時代には既婚婦人のしるしとなった。かねつけ。
２歯を黒く染めるのに用いる液。古い鉄くずを茶の汁または酢に浸して作る。筆にこの液を含ませ、五倍子ふしの粉をつけて歯に塗る。かね。
３「御歯黒蜻蛉とんぼ」の略。《季夏》「―や旅人めきて憩やすらへば／汀女」

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