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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

たとえ

N3
tatoe
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. 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"
  }
}