adjective🔗Share比喩的な、象徴的なOf use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig."The teacher used figurative language to explain the complex concept, saying that the student's mind was a blank slate. "先生は複雑な概念を説明するために比喩的な表現を使い、生徒の心は白紙の状態だと言いました。languagelinguisticsliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share比喩的なMetaphorically so called."The teacher's comment about the student's work being a "mountain of mistakes" was figurative; she didn't mean the student had literally created a mountain. "生徒の作品が「誤りの山」であるという先生のコメントは比喩的なものでした。彼女は生徒が文字通り山を作ったという意味ではありませんでした。languagelinguisticsliteraturewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share比喩的な、象徴的なWith many figures of speech."The teacher's speech was figurative, using many metaphors and similes to explain the complex ideas. "先生のスピーチは比喩的で、複雑なアイデアを説明するために多くの比喩や直喩を使用していました。languageliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share比喩的な, 象徴的なEmblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative"The graduation ceremony was a figurative milestone, representing the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one. "卒業式は、ある章の終わりと新しい章の始まりを象徴する比喩的な節目でした。languageliteraturestyleartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share具象的Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art."The sculpture of the family dog was a figurative representation, clearly showing the dog's shape and form. "その家族の犬の彫刻は具象的な表現で、犬の形と姿をはっきりと示していました。artstyleabstractChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
