Components
12 examples found containing '喩'
じんせい
人生
こうかい
航海
たと
えられる

Life is comparable to a voyage.
じんせい
人生
しばしば
たび
たと
えられる

Life is often compared to a journey.
どくしょ
読書
たび
たと
える
ことができる
Reading a book can be compared to a journey.
にほんご
日本語
なぜそう
たと
える

Why do such comparisons exist in Japanese?
よく
ねむ
たと
えられる

Death is often compared to sleep.
じんせい
人生
しばしば
とざん
登山
たと
えられてきた

Life has often been compared to climbing a mountain.
じんせい
人生
ぶたい
舞台
たと
える
ひと
いる
Some people compare life to a stage.
その
まち
いろ
たと
えて
いうワインレッドかななんか
きひん
気品
あって
よね
If that town were a color, it would be one with a tranquil sort of dignity ... wine-red, say.
こし
がっている
ことから
としお
年老
いた
じん
たと
ちょうじゅ
長寿
あらわ

Since it has a stoop like an elderly person, it symbolized longevity.
らえる
ことのできないもの
みがる
身軽
すばや
素早
もの
たと
そうです
It’s apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, lightweight, and fast.
えんじゃく
燕雀
いずくんぞ
こうこく
鴻鵠
こころざし
らん
ということわざ
たと
だけ
しめ
して
ほんぎ
本義
すいさつ
推察
させる
ふうゆ
諷喩
もち
いている

The proverb “How can a little songbird understand the ambitions of a grand swan?” uses (the technique of) allegory, where one offers only a metaphor, making the listener guess the true meaning.
りく
がった
かっぱ
河童
とは
かんきょう
環境
わった
ため
のうりょく
能力
はっき
発揮
できずいること
たと
です
“A kappa on land” is a metaphor for being unable to use your talents due to a change of environment.
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