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[たと()··ばなし()]
tatoebanashi
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[たとえばなし()]
tatoebanashi
[たと()··ばなし()]
tatoebanashi
[たとえ()·ばなし()]
tatoebanashi

Root Words:

[たと()·え + はなし()]
tatoe + hanashi

English Meaning(s) for 例え話

noun
  1. allegory; fable; parable

Definition and Synonyms for 例え話

Allegory an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Synonyms: たとえ話
Parable a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Synonyms: アレゴリー, 寓意小説, 寓言, 寓話, たとえ話, 道話
Parable any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
Synonyms: たとえ話
Allegory an extended metaphor
Synonyms: たとえ話

Meanings for each kanji in 例え話

» example; custom; usage; precedent
» tale; talk

Categories 例え話 is a member of

Story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
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Expressive Style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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