例たとえて言いうとじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1expressionfiguratively speaking; metaphorically speaking; so to speakUsed to introduce a figurative or metaphorical explanation, often to make an abstract idea easier to understand.人じん生せいは、例たとえて言いうと、長ながい旅たびのようなものだ。Break this sentence down in the analyzerLife, figuratively speaking, is like a long journey.彼かれの気き持もちは、例たとえて言いうと、迷めい路ろに迷まよい込こんだようなものだった。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHis feelings were, so to speak, like being lost in a maze.
