

Meanings
- 1dentistnoun
JMdict 1313080
In a sentence
歯医者にdentist行かないneed to goと
I need to go to the dentist
How it works
に (to) marks 歯医者 (the dentist) as the destination. The verb 行く (go) becomes negative 行かない (not go), and the trailing と (if/then) sets up an unspoken consequence: "if I don't go (something bad)…". Leaving the rest off is exactly how Japanese says "I really have to go" — the obligation hangs in the air.