Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese apartment, a child holds a spiral bread bun beside a sleeping cat curled tightly on a floor cushion. The child traces the bun’s spiral with one finger, then extends that finger toward the matching curve of the cat’s tucked tail.

たとえる

tatoeru

to compare, to liken

Example sentences

その詩人しじんは死しを眠ねむりにたとえた。
The poet compared death to sleep.
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我々われわれは人生じんせいを旅たびにたとえる。
We often compare life to a journey.
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死しはよく眠ねむりにたとえられる。
Death is often compared to sleep.
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