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

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)figurative

Nounmetaphor

Nounmetaphor

Nounsimile

Noun, Suru verbhint; insinuation; indirect suggestion; allegory

Nounmetonymy

Nounallusion

Nounsynecdoche

Nounallegory

Nounsimile

Nounmimetic word (esp. in manga); onomatopoeic word

Nounmetaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)

Nounmetonym

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

Nounfigurative expression; metaphorical expression