隠喩

See also: 隱喩, 隱喻, 隠喻, and 隐喻

Japanese

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

Alternative spellings
隱喩 (kyūjitai) 隠喻 (extended shinjitai) 隠ゆ (mazegaki)

Noun

隠(いん)喩(ゆ) • (in'yu) 

1. metaphor

Synonyms

• 暗喩(あんゆ) (an'yu)
• メタファー (metafā)

Antonyms

• 直喩(ちょくゆ) (chokuyu, “simile”)
• 明喩(めいゆ) (meiyu, “simile”)

Related terms

• 比喩(ひゆ) (hiyu, “metaphor, figure of speech”)