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N3 Adverb

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

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    An expression used when wanting to convey something with a specific meaning.

    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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