{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. métaphorique. ] Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
[のむ, nomu] (v5m, vt) (1) (呑む is often used metaphorically; 服む is often used for medicine) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; (2) (also written 喫む) to smoke (tobacco); (3) to engulf; to overwhelm; (4) to keep down; to suppress; (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition); (6) to make light of; to conceal; (P) #12,235[Add to Longdo]
[みみにたこができる, miminitakogadekiru] (exp, v1) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears [Add to Longdo]
[くいつく(食い付く;食いつく;食付く);くらいつく(食らい付く), kuitsuku ( kui tsuku ; kui tsuku ; shoku tsuku ); kuraitsuku ( kura i tsuku )] (v5k, vi) (1) to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; (2) to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into [Add to Longdo]
[ふるう, furuu] (v5u, vt) (1) (See 槍を振るう, 奮う) to swing; to wield (physically); to exert; (2) (See 威を振るう) to exercise; to wield (metaphorically); (3) to flourish; to prosper; to thrive [Add to Longdo]
[ひゃくにちかずら;ひゃくにちかつら, hyakunichikazura ; hyakunichikatsura] (n) long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth) [Add to Longdo]
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