In the Japanese version, I choose the word “TATOE-BANASHI” corresponds to parable stories. It is because the word “metaphor” is not familiar for most Japanese.
- TATOE: example, simile, metaphor, allegory, parable
- HANASHI: story
- BANASHI: HANASHI’s Rendaku(sequential voicing)
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