擬人化

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The literary noun and する verb 擬人化 (ぎじんか) is personification, representing a nonhuman thing as human.
• Basic usage: The moon may be 擬人化されている as an old man, or an author may 風を擬人化して描く.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Representing the nonhuman as human
  • It is the technique of giving a nonhuman entity human form, character, or behavior, not just any comparison.