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比喩的 ひゆてき hiyuteki

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  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) figurative

Kanji in this word

compare, race, ratio
metaphor, compare
bull's, eye, mark

Example sentences

その比喩的意味はもはや使われていない。
sono hiyu teki imi ha mohaya tsukawa re te i nai 。
The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.
現代の日本で錬金術といえば、比喩的にしか使われない。モラルや羞恥心と無縁の政治屋や宗教家が、不正な手段でカネもうけをするときに。
gendai no nippon de renkin jutsu to ie ba 、 hiyu teki ni shika tsukawa re nai 。 moraru ya shuuchi shin to muen no seiji ya ya shuukyou ka ga 、 fusei na shudan de kanemouke wo suru toki ni 。
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.

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