Words — 51 found
うつえ
写し絵
1. sketch (depicting real people or nature); drawing sketched from real lifeOnly applies to 写し絵
2. magic-lantern picture; child's copying pictures; shadowgraph
3. mirror image (e.g. of society); (metaphorical) depictionOnly applies to 写し絵
映し絵 【うつしえ】
しょうらい
松籟
1. (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
2. (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle
こううんりゅうすい
行雲流水
1. (metaphorically) floating with the tideYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. wind-resistant blade of grass; resistant idea (metaphorically)
ひゃくにちかずら
百日鬘
1. long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth)
百日鬘 【ひゃくにちかつら】
1. back of one's eyes (in which an image or landscape has been metaphorically etched)
まゆずみ
眉墨
1. eyebrow pencil
2. blackened eyebrows
3. (metaphorically) distant mountain range
黛 【まゆずみ】
りくぎ
六義
1. six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison)
2. six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory)
3. six principles of calligraphy
六義 【ろくぎ】
1. large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal)Usually written using kana alone
2. tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)Usually written using kana alone
3. latch; lockUsually written using kana alone
ジャストミート
1. hitting the ball squarelyBaseball, Wasei, word made in Japan, From English “just meet”. Wasei (word made in Japan)
ジャスト・ミート
たとい
例えに言う
1. to speak metaphorically; to use a figure of speech
たとえに言う 【たとえにいう】
たとい
例えて言うと
1. figuratively speaking; metaphorically speaking; so to speak
たとえて言うと 【たとえていうと】