Word

言わば

いわば
CommonJLPT N3

Meanings

  1. Adverb

    so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

In Spanish

  1. como quien dice; como si dijéramos; por así decirlo

Other forms
謂わば、云わば

Kanji in this word

Example sentences

  • その老人ろうじんは言いわば生いき字引じびきだ。

    That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

    Ese viejo es, por decirlo así, un diccionario caminante.

    Tatoeba #206129(opens in a new tab)
  • この犬いぬは言いわばうちの家族かぞくの一員いちいんだ。

    This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.

    Tatoeba #222098(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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