[よそえる, yosoeru] (v1) (1) (uk) to compare; to liken; (2) to use as a pretext
[ぎす, gisu] (v5s, vt) (1) (See 擬する) to imitate; to copy; to mimic; (2) to enter someone as a candidate; (3) to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); (4) to compare; to liken
[ぎする, gisuru] (vs-s, vt) (1) to imitate; to copy; to mimic; (2) to enter someone as a candidate; (3) to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); (4) to compare; to liken
[みたてる, mitateru] (v1, vt) (1) to select; to choose; (2) to diagnose (an illness); to judge; (3) to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); (4) to see someone off; (5) to look after; to be (someone's) guardian; (6) to underrate; to look down on; to underestimate (someone)
[にがお, nigao] (n) portrait; likeness; (P)
[にがおえ, nigaoe] (n) portrait; likeness; (P)
[なぞらえる(P);なずらえる, nazoraeru (P); nazuraeru] (v1, vt) to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate; (P)
[しょうぞうけん, shouzouken] (n) rights to usage of one's likeness
[そうじ, souji] (n, adj-na, vs, adj-no) (1) resemblance; likeness; similitude; (2) (mathematical) similarity; (3) (See 相同) (biological) analogy; (P)
[そうじてん, soujiten] (n) point of likeness (between); resemblance; similarity
[にがびゃくどう, nigabyakudou] (exp) { Buddh } metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
[にくぶとん, nikubuton] (n) (arch) female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion)
[はんけんもの, hankenmono] (n) likeness; (amateur) picture of a copyrighted character
[ほうりん, hourin] (n) { Buddh } (See 輪宝, 転法輪) the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine
[たぐえる, tagueru] (v1) (1) (uk) (obsc) to compare; to liken; (2) to make (someone) accompany
[たとえる, tatoeru] (v1, vt) to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile; (P)
[ていよう, teiyou] (n) (1) (obsc) ram (sheep); (2) used to liken one to someone who lives their life by instinct