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ひゆ
比喩
しんしょうふうけい
心象風景
てんびょう
点描
である
A metaphor is a sketch of an image in the mind’s eye.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
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noun
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye  (yojijukugo)
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0
1. sketching
2. pointillism; stippling
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ユ   illustrate
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ユ    in general; generalization   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シン   こころ heart   
ショウ   ゾウ    image; elephant   
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pig
stick   
corner
フ   フウ   かぜ wind   かざ-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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table   
ケイ   scenery
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
lid
テン    spot, point   
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fire
セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらな to tell fortunes   
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divining rod
ビョウ   か    えが to draw, depict, portray   
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ビョウ   なわ-    なえ seedling   
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grass   
デン   た rice field   
hand
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