Illustration: At a small neighborhood storytelling session, a child reenacts bravely standing up to a much taller sibling, feet planted and hands on hips. Beside the child, the storyteller holds a lion puppet in the same proud, chest-forward posture and gestures between them with an amused, expressive face.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

比ひ喩ゆ

hiyu

metaphor, figurative comparison

Example sentences

そのため、この2つの比喩ひゆは混同こんどうしやすい。
These two metaphors are therefore often mixed up.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
その比喩ひゆ的意味てきいみはもはや使つかわれていない。
The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
要石かなめいしは、動うごかせないもの、動うごかしてはならないものの比喩ひゆに使つかわれることがある。
The word "kaname-ishi" may be used as a metaphor for something one cannot or should not move.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 比喩

比compare; raceOnヒKunくらべる
喩metaphor; compareOnユKunたとえる・さとす

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