隠喩

隠喩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隠	喩
いん Grade: S	ゆ Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

隠喩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 隱喩, hiragana いんゆ, rōmaji in'yu)

1. metaphor

Synonyms

• 暗 (あん)喩 (ゆ) (an'yu)
• メタファー (metafā)

Antonyms

• 直喩 (ちょくゆ) (chokuyu, “simile”)
• 明 (めい)喩 (ゆ) (meiyu, “simile”)

Related terms

• 比 (ひ)喩 (ゆ) (hiyu, “metaphor, figure of speech”)