Frequency rank: 15,650. – 15,697.
- simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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1. げんだい現代のにっぽん日本でれんきんじゅつ錬金術といえば、ひゆてき比喩的にしかつかわれない使われない。もらるモラルやしゅうちしん羞恥心とむえん無縁のせいじや政治屋やしゅうきょうか宗教家が、ふせい不正なしゅだん手段でかねもうけカネもうけをするときに。
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.
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