Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [%25E6%25AF%2594%25E5%2596%25A9]

This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.

In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.

Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.

The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.