唇歯輔車 Shinshi-hosha.

  • 解釈:互いに助け合って成り立つ関係。「唇歯」は唇と歯、「輔車」は頬骨と歯茎(はぐき)のことで、片方が失われれば、他方も立ち行かない密接な利害関係。
  • Literal:It is a relation of "a lip, a tooth", and "cheekbones and the gum."
  • Interpretation:It is in the close interest in which another side is not materialized, either, if one of the two is lost.
  • 類義:唇滅びて、歯寒し。
GLN 日本の諺・金言・名言 A proverb, a maxim, and a wise saying of Japan.