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にほんご
日本語
なぜそう
たと
える

Why do such comparisons exist in Japanese?
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
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1. Japanese (language)  (see also: 国語)
noun
2. Japanese as a second language  (esp. as a school or university subject; this meaning is restricted to reading にほんご)
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why; how  (often written with kana only)
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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Most common form: 例える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile
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Kanji
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ユ   illustrate
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ユ    in general; generalization   
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