Personification - Gijinka

Japanese: 擬人化 - ぎじんか
Personification - Gijinka
〘 noun 〙 The act of treating something that is not human as if it were human. ※Yuki (1935) by Kaburagi Kiyokata "This is probably an especially outstanding example of the anthropomorphization of animals and birds, which is common in Japan."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 人間でないものを、人間になぞらえて扱うこと。※雪(1935)〈鏑木清方〉「多く行はれる禽獣の擬人化の中でも殊に傑れたものであらう」

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