Synecdoche

Japanese: synecdoche
Synecdoche

…Metonymy, unlike metaphor, is a figure of speech that is based solely on a real relationship of contiguity (connection), without any reference to a similarity. (4) Synecdoche Traditionally, synecdoche has been defined as a figure of speech that expresses a whole by the name of a part, or vice versa. However, expressions based on a real relationship between a whole and a part (for example, a ship with a "white sail") are a type of metonymy. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "synecdoche" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…換喩は,隠喩とちがって類似関係にはまったくかかわりなく,ただ現実的な隣接(縁故)関係にもとづく比喩である。(4)提喩synecdoche(シネクドキ) 伝統的に提喩は,一部分の名称によって全体を,あるいは逆に全体の名称によって一部分を表現する比喩である,と定義されてきた。しかし現実的な全体と部分の関係にもとづく(たとえば〈白帆〉で〈船〉をあらわす)表現は換喩の一種である。…

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