Vocab Info

N3 Adverb

()わばso to speak, so to call it, as it were

    Dictionary Definition

    1. 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】

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    Examples

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      彼女(かのじょ)()わば嬢様(じょうさま)でお金持(かねも)ちである。

      She is, so to speak, a wealthy young lady.

      • N3

      ()わば(かれ)がその映画(えいが)監督(かんとく)です。

      He is the director of that film, so to speak.

      • N3

      (かれ)()わば調子(ちょうし)(もの)であり、クラスの()()(やく)として人気(にんき)です。

      He is, so to speak, a funny guy and popular as the class mood maker.

      • N3

      その地域(ちいき)()わば楽園(らくえん)であり、(なに)をしても(ゆる)されると()いたことがある。

      I have heard that that region is, so to speak, a paradise where anything is allowed.

      • N3

      カナダへ移住(いじゅう)してもう(じゅう)(ねん)以上(いじょう)()つのでこの(くに)()わば(わたし)(だい)()祖国(そこく)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.

      • N2
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