Vocab Info
N3 Adverb
言わばso to speak, so to call it, as it were
Dictionary Definition
Adverb
1.
so to speak, so to call it, as it were
Usually written using kana alone
All Forms
言わば 【いわば】、謂わば 【いわば】
Common・Uncommon
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彼女は言わばお嬢様でお金持ちである。
She is, so to speak, a wealthy young lady.
言わば彼がその映画の監督です。
He is the director of that film, so to speak.
彼は言わばお調子者であり、クラスの盛り上げ役として人気です。
He is, so to speak, a funny guy and popular as the class mood maker.
その地域は言わば楽園であり、何をしても許されると聞いたことがある。
I have heard that that region is, so to speak, a paradise where anything is allowed.
カナダへ移住してもう十年以上が経つのでこの国は言わば私の第二の祖国であります。
I have been living in Canada for more than ten years, so this country is, so to speak, my second homeland.
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