Expression
Figure Of Speech, Representation
noun, verbal noun
When you express something that's of the present time, you are saying something that only people of the current time understand. These are expressions or figure of speech. You say these things during the present time, not the future, not the past, the present time. Otherwise nobody would understand.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
トーフグの記事は、どれも表現がユニークでおもしろい。
Every Tofugu article has unique and interesting figures of speech.
以前は理解できなかった芸術表現が理解できるようになった時、言葉では表現できないほどうれしかった。
When I was able understand artistic expressions that I hadn’t understood before, words can’t express how happy I was.
昨夜の夢で、私たちの赤ちゃんに「乳歯が抜けそうだった時、言葉では表現できないほど痒かった」って言われたの。
Last night in my dream, our baby told me that it’s time for her baby teeth to come out and she can’t express in words how itchy they are.