比喩的 – vocab dash

比ひ喩ゆ的てき

Meanings

Na-adjective

1. figurative

Kanji used

比compare (things of the same type)喩metaphor 的target

Composed of

比ひ喩ゆ

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

Noun

的てき

-ical; -ive; -al; -ic; -y; -like; -ish; -sort of; -kind of

Suffix

Examples2

その比ひ喩ゆ的てき意い味みはもはや使つかわれていない。

The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.

現げん代だいの日本にほんで錬れん金きん術じゅつといえば、比ひ喩ゆ的てきにしか使つかわれない。モラルや羞しゅう恥ち心しんと無む縁えんの政せい治じ屋やや宗しゅう教きょう家かが、不ふ正せいな手しゅ段だんでカネもうけをするときに。

In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.