擬人化（ぎじんか）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: personification / anthropomorphism
Example sentences
- 動物を擬人化した物語を書く。 — She writes a story that personifies animals.
- 自然を擬人化して表現する。 — Nature is expressed through personification.
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