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Device [趣向]

Device
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
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[しゅう(修)·じ(辞)·ほう(法)]
shuujihou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. rhetoric
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akusento
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent
  2. intonation; inflection; cadence
  3. (language) accent (e.g. American, British)
  4. accent (e.g. in a design); highlight; emphasis
  5. accent (on a note)
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onomatope
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

onomatopee
onomatopea
onomatopiia

English Meanings:

noun
  1. onomatopoeia
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[きょう(強)·い(意)]
kyoui
noun, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, no adjective
  1. emphasis
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[きょう(強)·ちょう(調)]
kyouchou
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
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[よ(呼)·び·か·け·る]
yobikakeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[よ(呼)·び·か(掛)·け·る]
yobikakeru
[よび(呼)·か(掛)·け·る]
yobikakeru

English Meanings:

ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to call out to; to hail; to address
  2. to appeal
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[ご(誤)·よう(用)]
goyou
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. misuse; incorrect use; abuse; malapropism
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[とう(倒)·ち(置)]
touchi
noun, suru verb, no adjective

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials
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[とう(倒)·ち(置)·ほう(法)]
touchihou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
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[に(二)·ごん(言)]
nigon
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[に(二)·げん(言)]
nigen

English Meanings:

noun
  1. double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said
  2. repeating oneself
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[ふた(二)·こと(言)]
futakoto
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. two words
  2. repetition
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[ちょう(重)·ふく(複)]
choufuku
noun, suru verb, no adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[じゅう(重)·ふく(複)]
juufuku

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
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[く(繰)·り·ごと(言)]
kurigoto
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[くり(繰)·ごと(言)]
kurigoto

English Meanings:

noun
  1. tedious talk; repetition; complaint
  2. tongue-twister
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[はん(反)·ぷく(復)]
hanpuku
noun, suru verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[はん(反)·ぷく(覆)]
hanpuku

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
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[ひ(比)·ゆ(喩)]
hiyu
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[ひ(譬)·ゆ(喩)]
hiyu
[ひ(比)·ゆ]
hiyu
[ひ(比)·ゆ(諭)]
hiyu
[ひ(譬)·ゆ(諭)]
hiyu
[けい(譬)·ゆ(喩)]
keiyu
Irregular Reading
[けい(譬)·ゆ(諭)]
keiyu
Irregular Reading

English Meanings:

noun
  1. simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
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[よ(呼)·び·か·け]
yobikake
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[よ(呼)·び·か(掛)·け]
yobikake

English Meanings:

noun
  1. call; appeal
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[こと(言)·ば(葉)·の·あ·や]
kotobanoaya
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[こと(言)·ば(葉)·の·あや(綾)]
kotobanoaya

English Meanings:

noun
  1. figure of speech
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[げん(減)·すう(数)·ぶん(分)·れつ(裂)]
gensuubunretsu
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. meiosis
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[とん(頓)·こ(呼)·ほう(法)]
tonkohou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. apostrophe (figure of speech)
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[じょう(畳)·ご(語)]
jougo
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. syllable repetition (indicating plurals)
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