Vocab Info

N3 Adverb

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

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    1. Adverb

      1. 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】

    Details

      • い

      • わ

      • ば

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    Examples

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    • 彼女(かのじょ)は言(い)わばお嬢様(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.

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    • 言(い)わば彼(かれ)がその映画(えいが)の監督(かんとく)です。

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

      • N3

    • 彼(かれ)は言(い)わばお調子(ちょうし)者(もの)であり、クラスの盛(も)り上(あ)げ役(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.

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

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

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    • カナダへ移住(いじゅう)してもう十(じゅう)年(ねん)以上(いじょう)が経(た)つのでこの国(くに)は言(い)わば私(わたし)の第(だい)二(に)の祖国(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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