Tatoe

JLPT N3

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例え (Tatoe) is a Japanese noun meaning “example, simile, metaphor, allegory”.

Meanings

  1. nounexampleesp. 例え
  2. nounsimile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parableesp. 喩え, 譬え

Examples

  • No matter what happens, I won't give up.

  • It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.

  • You shouldn't have made such a remark even if you had been angry.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 例え

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