- simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
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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.
Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.