隠喩 | Japanese meaning

隠喩【いんゆ】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

metaphor

Forms

隠喩【いんゆ】
隠ゆ【いんゆ】
いんゆ

Generated definitions (experimental)

metaphor

A figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally represent, often to convey an implicit comparison.

よう。

He has the courage of a lion.

。

That problem is just the tip of the iceberg.

Generated collocations (experimental)

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Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

きごう「きごう〜のようだきごう」のようなひょうげん表現をもちい用いず、ちょくせつ直接ほかのもの他のものでそのもののとくちょう特徴をせつめい説明するほうほう方法．.

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Example sentences

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1. きごう「きごう」。

"He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.

Tatoeba

隠喩【いんゆ】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

metaphor

Forms

隠喩【いんゆ】
隠ゆ【いんゆ】
いんゆ

Generated definitions (experimental)

metaphor

A figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally represent, often to convey an implicit comparison.