Then, Izanagi took his comb from his right tsunogami (a style of hairdo in ancient Japan, in which the hair was twisted into knots on top of the head and held in place with pins), snapped off a tooth of the comb and threw it at her.
次にイザナギは右の角髪から湯津津間櫛（ゆつつなくし）を取り、その歯を折って投げた。