Your search matched 18 words, 1 kanji and 3 sentences.
Search Terms: *喩*

Dictionary results(showing 18 results)


noun
1.
example(esp. 例え)
2.
simile, metaphor, allegory, fable, parable(esp. 喩え, 譬え)
Other readings:
喩え【たとえ】
、
譬え【たとえ】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to compare (something) to, to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile, to use a metaphor
Other readings:
喩える【たとえる】
、
譬える【たとえる】

noun
•
(licensed) teacher
Other readings:
教喩【きょうゆ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
•
simile, metaphor, allegory, parable
Other readings:
譬喩【ひゆ】
、
譬喩【けいゆ】[1]
、
比ゆ【ひゆ】
、
比諭【ひゆ】
、
譬諭【ひゆ】
、
譬諭【けいゆ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
•
metaphor
See also:隠喩
Other readings:
暗ゆ【あんゆ】

noun, no-adjective
•
metaphor
Other readings:
隠ゆ【いんゆ】

noun
•
mimetic word (esp. in manga), onomatopoeic word

noun
1.
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)
See also:譬喩歌
2.
metaphorical form (of waka)
See also:六義
Other readings:
譬え歌【たとえうた】
、
喩え歌【たとえうた】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
hint, insinuation, indirect suggestion, allegory
Other readings:
風諭【ふうゆ】
、
風喩【ふうゆ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


喩
Written with 12 strokes
Taught in Junior high
Common kanji
metaphor, compare
KUN:
  • たと.える
    tato.eru
  • さと.す
    sato.su
ON:
  • ユ
    yu

Sentence results (showing 3 results)


ひょうげん
表現
にほんご
日本語
えいご
英語
ひゆひょうげん
比喩表現
、
わたし
私
たいへん
大変
This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese

げんだい
現代の
にほん
日本
れんきんじゅつ
錬金術
、
ひゆてき
比喩的に
。
しゅうちしん
羞恥心
むえん
無縁
せいじや
政治屋
しゅうきょうか
宗教家
、
ふせい
不正な
しゅだん
手段
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame

The figurative meaning is no longer in current use