Word Meaning 比喩
ひゆ
hiyu
比喩 is read as ひゆ (hiyu) and means simile.
Meaning
English
- simile
- metaphor
- allegory
- parable
Reading
Kana
ひゆ
Romaji
hiyu
Writing Variants
- 譬喩 ひゆ hiyu
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 16 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
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4比喩と直喩の違いを説明してください。
ひゆとちょくゆのちがいをせつめいしてください。
please explain the difference between metaphor and simile.
この表現は日本語にはない英語の比喩表現として、私は大変気に入っています。
This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.
あまりに花は壊れやすくて、そしてとても奇麗なので、詩や比喩を使わなくても言葉に出来ません。
Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.
現代の日本で錬金術といえば、比喩的にしか使われない。モラルや羞恥心と無縁の政治屋や宗教家が、不正な手段で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.