暗喩

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal あんゆanyu
読み あんゆ
ローマ字 anyu
漢字の分解 暗 (an) — dark, hidden | 喩 (yu) — metaphor, parable
発音 /aɴ.jɯ/

意味

Metaphor; implied comparison. A figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were another, without using explicit comparative words.

A noun for metaphor (as distinct from 直喩/simile, which uses ように or まるで). 暗喩 works by asserting identity rather than likeness — 'Life is a journey' rather than 'Life is like a journey'. In Japanese literary criticism, it appears frequently in the analysis of poetry, prose fiction, and political rhetoric. The related term 隠喩 is largely synonymous and used interchangeably in academic contexts.

例文

  1. 彼の詩には人生を旅に見立てた暗喩が随所に散りばめられていた。
  2. 政治批判を直接せず、暗喩を使って表現するのが当時の文人の手法だった。
  3. この小説の暗喩を読み解くには、時代背景への深い理解が必要だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary criticism, rhetoric, poetry analysis, academic writing

トーン: analytical

起源と歴史

From 暗 (an) meaning 'dark, hidden, implicit' and 喩 (yu) meaning 'metaphor, comparison, parable'. The character 暗 signals that the comparison is not stated openly — it is 'hidden' within the expression.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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