Translation

類似した / 似通った / 類推できる

Meaning

Analogous means similar in a relevant way, so one thing can help explain or compare with another. It does not mean identical; the shared pattern is what matters.

Examples

• この法律問題は昨年の事件とよく似ています。
  This legal issue is analogous to last year's case.
• 教師は、電気回路を水の流れにたとえて説明しました。
  The teacher used water flow as an analogous model for an electric circuit.