Sign In

Dictionary

Recent Searches

Japanese - English Dictionary - Words in Rhetorical Device [修辞法の言葉]

Rhetorical Device [修辞法]

Rhetorical Device
a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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)
onomatope
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

onomatopee
onomatopea
onomatopiia

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
[()····]
yobikakeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[()··()··]
yobikakeru
[よび()·()··]
yobikakeru

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

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

Alternate Written Forms:

[()·げん()]
nigen

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

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

Alternate Written Forms:

[じゅう()·ふく()]
juufuku

English Meanings:

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

Alternate Written Forms:

[くり()·ごと()]
kurigoto

English Meanings:

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

Alternate Written Forms:

[はん()·ぷく()]
hanpuku

English Meanings:

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

Alternate Written Forms:

[()·()]
hiyu
[()·]
hiyu
[()·()]
hiyu
[()·()]
hiyu
[けい()·()]
keiyu
Irregular Reading
[けい()·()]
keiyu
Irregular Reading

English Meanings:

noun
  1. simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
[()···]
yobikake
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[()··()·]
yobikake

English Meanings:

noun
  1. call; appeal
[こと()·()···]
kotobanoaya
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[こと()·()··あや()]
kotobanoaya

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

noun
  1. meiosis
[とん()·()·ほう()]
tonkohou
noun

English Meanings:

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

English Meanings:

noun
  1. syllable repetition (indicating plurals)
[ほん()·やく()]
honyaku
noun, suru verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[ほん()·やく()]
honyaku

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. translation
  2. deciphering; decoding
noun
  1. translation

This site uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC dictionary files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and are used in conformance with the Group's licence.