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    3. 例え

    例え

    例たとえ​

    example

    N1KMT9News #28+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    喩え譬え

    たとえ

    Noun

    1.
    example
    2.
    simile, metaphor, allegory, fable, parable

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    良よい例たとえですね。

    That's a good example.

    KMT5Core Concepts
    彼かれの話はなしは、例たとえが豊ほう富ふで分わかりやすい。

    His story is rich in examples and easy to understand.

    KMT9Core Concepts
    詩しの中なかで、彼かの女じょの美うつくしさを花はなに例なぞらえる表ひょう現げんが使つかわれている。

    In the poem, an expression comparing her beauty to a flower is used.

    KMT9LiteratureArt & Design
    先せん生せいは難むずかしい文ぶん法ぽうを、身み近ぢかな例たとえを使つかって生せい徒とに教しえた。

    The teacher taught difficult grammar to students using familiar examples.

    KMT9EducationCore Concepts
    抽ちゅう象しょう的てきな概がい念ねんを説せつ明めいする際さいには、具ぐ体たい的てきな例たとえを用もちいると理がい解ねんが深ふかまる。

    When explaining abstract concepts, using concrete examples deepens understanding.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEducation

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    例
    たと.える…(1)
    example・custom・usage・precedent
    Kanji
    え
    e
    Kana
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