shishuubyou de tsumetai mizu ga ha ni shimimasu.

water

Breakdown of shishuubyou de tsumetai mizu ga ha ni shimimasu.

• が: subject particle
• に: location particle
• 歯は: tooth

Questions & Answers about shishuubyou de tsumetai mizu ga ha ni shimimasu.

What does しみます mean here? I thought しみる meant to soak in.

In this sentence, しみます means something like:

• stings
• feels sharp/painful
• is sensitive
• hits a nerve

So 冷たい水が歯にしみます means cold water hurts my teeth or my teeth are sensitive to cold water.

This is a very common use of しみる with things like:

• 冷たいものが歯にしみる = Cold things hurt my teeth.
• 傷にしみる = It stings a wound.
• 目にしみる = It stings the eyes.

So yes, しみる can mean to soak into / permeate, but in health/body contexts it often means to sting or affect painfully.

Why is で used after 歯周病?