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Rhetorical Device [修辞法]

Rhetorical Device
a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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[しょう(照)·おう(応)]
shouou
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. correspondence; being in accordance with; anaphora
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[りゅう(流)·るい(涙)·しょう(症)]
ryuuruishou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. epiphora (excessive watering of the eye)
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metafaa
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

metafa
metafo
metafoo

English Meanings:

noun
  1. metaphor
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[あん(暗)·ゆ(喩)]
anyu
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[あん(暗)·ゆ]
anyu

English Meanings:

noun
  1. metaphor
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[いん(隠)·ゆ(喩)]
inyu
noun, no adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[いん(隠)·ゆ]
inyu

English Meanings:

noun, no adjective
  1. metaphor
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[か(過)·ごん(言)]
kagon
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[か(過)·げん(言)]
kagen

English Meanings:

noun
  1. exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much
  2. misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
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[こ(誇)·ちょう(張)]
kochou
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. exaggeration
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[じん(人)·かく(格)·か(化)]
jinkakuka
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. impersonation; personification
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[そう(壮)·ご(語)]
sougo
noun, suru verb

English Meanings:

noun, suru verb
  1. bragging; exaggeration
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[ちょく(直)·ゆ(喩)]
chokuyu
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. simile
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[かん(換)·ゆ(喩)]
kanyu
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. metonymy
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[はん(反)·ご(語)·ほう(法)]
hangohou
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. irony
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