たとえ
N3 tatoe
- simile
- metaphor
- allegory
noun
Also written 例え
Chinese meanings
比喻;例子
Examples
- 先生は分かりやすいたとえを使った。The teacher used an easy-to-understand analogy.老师用了一个容易理解的比喻。
- その話はよいたとえになる。That story makes a good analogy.那个故事是个很好的比喻。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f1ff353185'); // たとえ
{
"id": "f1ff353185",
"word": "たとえ",
"reading": "たとえ",
"romaji": "tatoe",
"meanings": [
"simile",
"metaphor",
"allegory"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1597120,
"other_forms": [
"例え"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "先生は分かりやすいたとえを使った。",
"en": "The teacher used an easy-to-understand analogy."
},
{
"ja": "その話はよいたとえになる。",
"en": "That story makes a good analogy."
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "12b8b6543674ae23adf8d74e0130864d17cd797b296084d3fb92de2643de89ef",
"meanings": [
"比喻",
"例子"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "先生は分かりやすいたとえを使った。",
"zh": "老师用了一个容易理解的比喻。"
},
{
"ja": "その話はよいたとえになる。",
"zh": "那个故事是个很好的比喻。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/f1ff353185",
"JMdict ent_seq 1597120; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "d86641e49e145856f46dcd92a17fa53b8b43398d0bbd4df7a94bdd0dda601c57",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}