例たとえ
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Meanings
Noun
1. example (esp. 例え)
2. simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable (esp. 喩え, 譬え)
Other spellings
喩たとえ
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
たとえ
たとえ
Used in vocabulary
たとえ話ばなし
allegory; fable; parable
Noun
たとえ歌うた
metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū); metaphorical form (of waka)
Noun
Examples6
"A fish out of water" is a metaphor for being unable to use your talents due to a change of environment.
It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.
No matter what happens, I won't give up.
Some English words have two spellings - "gray" and "grey", for example.
Whichever you choose, you cannot lose.
You shouldn't have made such a remark even if you had been angry.