Shirabe
比喩 表現
English jmdict
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) figurative expression;metaphorical expression
This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.
Common Noun Irregular Transitive
English jmdict
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb expression;representation;description
"There is a tide" is, in fact, from a passage in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) mathematics representation (of a group)