Nounexample · simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable

Nounsimile; metaphor; allegory; parable

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

Nounallegory; fable; parable

Nounmetaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū) · metaphorical form (of waka)