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例え譬えとえNounFreq #5664
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Esp. 例え

example

Examples
「陸に上がった河童」とは環境が変わったために能力を発揮できずにいることのたとえです。
"A fish out of water" is a metaphor for being unable to use your talents due to a change of environment.
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Esp. 喩え, 譬え

simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable

NounFreq #13612
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simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

例えるえる譬えるとえTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #13836
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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

Examples
その詩人は死を眠りにたとえた
The poet compared death to sleep.
教諭ょうゆNounFreq #23670
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(licensed) teacher

んゆNounFreq #53338
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metaphor

ひゆてき~な Adj.Freq #54852
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figurative

Examples
その比喩的意味はもはや使われていない。
The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.
んゆNounFreq #71415
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metaphor

Examples
「怒ると彼はトラになる」というのは隠喩の例である。
"He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.
ょくゆNounFreq #109111
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simile

んゆNounFreq #156764
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allusion

んゆNounFreq #182479
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Linguistics

metonymy

いゆNounFreq #203911
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synecdoche

ぐうゆNounFreq #204934
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allegory

NounFreq #207444
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metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)

風諭うゆNoun~する VerbFreq #239121
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hint; insinuation; indirect suggestion; allegory

めいゆNounFreq #245010
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simile

おんゆNounFreq #296381
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mimetic word (esp. in manga); onomatopoeic word

かんゆごNoun
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Linguistics

metonym

表現ひゆひょうげんNounFreq #51253
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Linguistics

figurative expression; metaphorical expression

Examples
この表現は日本語にはない英語の比喩表現として、私は大変気に入っています。
This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.
たとえ歌譬え歌え歌とえうたNoun
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metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)

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metaphorical form (of waka)