"たとえる" meaning in 日本語

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Verb

IPA: [ta̠to̞e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Forms: たと, え [imperfective], え [continuative], える [terminal], える [attributive], えれ [hypothetical], えろ [imperative], えよ [imperative], たとえない [negative], 未然形 + ない [negative], たとえよう, 未然形 + よう, たとえます [polite], 連用形 + ます [polite], たとえた [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], たとえる [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], たとえること [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], たとえれば, 仮定形 + ば, たとえろ [imperative], たとえよ [imperative], 命令形のみ [imperative]
  1. ある物事・事柄等を分かりやすく説明するために別の物事を引合いに出す。 Tags: transitive
    Sense id: ja-たとえる-ja-verb-Gv7dpAJx Categories (other): 日本語 他動詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: たとい, たとえ, たとえば, たとえばなし Translations: vergelijken (オランダ語), jämföra (スウェーデン語), likna (スウェーデン語), comparar (スペイン語), vergleichen (ドイツ語), verrata (フィンランド語), comparer (フランス語), сравнивать [imperfective] (ロシア語), сравнить [perfective] (ロシア語), уподоблять [imperfective] (ロシア語), уподобить [perfective] (ロシア語), 比喻 (bǐyù) (中国語), 비기다 (朝鮮語), たとぅゆん (沖縄語), compare (英語), liken (英語)
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 動詞, 日本語 動詞 ア下一, 日本語 国際音声記号あり, 日本語_古典日本語由来
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      "form": "えよ",
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      "form": "たとえます",
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      "form": "たとえる",
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      "form": "終止形のみ",
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      "form": "たとえること",
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      "form": "たとえれば",
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    {
      "form": "たとえよ",
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    {
      "word": "たとい"
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    {
      "word": "たとえ"
    },
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      "word": "たとえば"
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      "word": "たとえばなし"
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        "ある物事・事柄等を分かりやすく説明するために別の物事を引合いに出す。"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠to̞e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    },
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      "form": "たとえる",
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      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "compare"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "liken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "沖縄語",
      "lang_code": "ryu",
      "word": "たとぅゆん"
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      "lang": "オランダ語",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "vergelijken"
    },
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      "lang": "スウェーデン語",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "jämföra"
    },
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      "lang": "スウェーデン語",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "likna"
    },
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      "lang": "スペイン語",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "comparar"
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      "roman": "bǐyù",
      "word": "比喻"
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    {
      "lang": "朝鮮語",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "word": "비기다"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ドイツ語",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "vergleichen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "フィンランド語",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "verrata"
    },
    {
      "lang": "フランス語",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "comparer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравнивать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравнить"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уподоблять"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уподобить"
    }
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  "word": "たとえる"
}

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    {
      "form": "たとえます",
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        "語形"
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        "polite"
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    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ます",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
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        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たとえた",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たとえる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たとえること",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
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    },
    {
      "form": "たとえれば",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
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        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たとえよ",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
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        "imperative"
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      "form": "命令形のみ",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "たとい"
    },
    {
      "word": "たとえ"
    },
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      "word": "たとえば"
    },
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      "word": "たとえばなし"
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        "ある物事・事柄等を分かりやすく説明するために別の物事を引合いに出す。"
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠to̞e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    },
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "compare"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
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      "word": "liken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "沖縄語",
      "lang_code": "ryu",
      "word": "たとぅゆん"
    },
    {
      "lang": "オランダ語",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "vergelijken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "スウェーデン語",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "jämföra"
    },
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      "lang": "スウェーデン語",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "likna"
    },
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      "lang": "スペイン語",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "comparar"
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      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "bǐyù",
      "word": "比喻"
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      "lang": "朝鮮語",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "word": "비기다"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ドイツ語",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "vergleichen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "フィンランド語",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "verrata"
    },
    {
      "lang": "フランス語",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "comparer"
    },
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      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравнивать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравнить"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уподоблять"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ロシア語",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "уподобить"
    }
  ],
  "word": "たとえる"
}

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