比ひ喩ゆ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

General term for figurative language, including similes, metaphors, allegories, and parables. Used in literary, rhetorical, and everyday contexts.

比ひ喩ゆを使つかうto use a metaphor
彼かの女じょは感かん情じょうを表あらわすのに比ひ喩ゆをよく使つかう。
She often uses metaphors to express her emotions.
比ひ喩ゆで表あらわすto describe something through a metaphor
人じん生せいをよく旅たびと比ひ喩ゆで表あらわす。
Life is often described metaphorically as a journey.
比ひ喩ゆを用もちいるto employ a metaphor (formal)
この詩し人じんは独どく特とくな比ひ喩ゆを用もちいる。
This poet employs distinctive metaphors.

例たとえN3
例え is the everyday, less formal word for a comparison or metaphor, while 比喩 is the more academic/rhetorical term for figurative language in general.
直ちょく喩ゆ
直喩 refers specifically to a simile using explicit comparison words like ようだ, whereas 比喩 is the broader category covering all figures of speech.
隠いん喩ゆ
隠喩 refers specifically to an implied metaphor without comparison markers, whereas 比喩 is the general term encompassing both similes and metaphors.
見み立たて
比喩 is the general term for metaphor or figurative comparison, whereas 見立て specifically denotes the poetic technique of likening one thing to another in traditional Japanese poetry.
形けい容よう
比喩 refers specifically to metaphor or figurative comparison, whereas 形容 can be plain description as well as figurative wording.

From Chinese 比喩 (bǐyù), meaning 'comparison' or 'analogy'. The kanji 比 means 'compare' and 喩 means 'illustrate' or 'explain by comparison'.