Translation of "metaphor" into Japanese

比喩, メタファー, 隠喩 are the top translations of "metaphor" into Japanese.

metaphor noun grammar

(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as , which would imply a simile. [..]

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  • 比喩

    noun

    countable: word or phrase used in metaphor [..]

    This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.

    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。

  • メタファー

    noun

    figure of speech

    So to use the sheep metaphor, it's like we now have electric sheep that have a mind of their own.

    羊のメタファーを使うなら 今や自分の考えを持った 電気羊が現れたようなものです

  • 隠喩

    noun

    countable: word or phrase used in metaphor

    "He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.

    「怒ると彼はトラになる」というのは隠喩の例である。

  • Less frequent translations

    • 象徴
    • 暗喩
    • 暗ゆ
    • ひゆ
    • メタファ
    • 譬喩
    • 譬え
    • 文
    • メタフォール
    • 例え
    • たとえ
    • 風諭
    • metafâ
    • あんゆ
    • ふうゆ
    • アレゴリー
    • いんゆ
    • けいゆ
    • 隠ゆ

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