Lingakuいわば
Frequency rank: 6,342. – 6,354.
- so to speak; so to call it; as it wereword usually written using kana alone
adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- so to speak; so to call it; as it were
This phrase is used to introduce a way of expressing something or to qualify a statement, often indicating that the following description is an approximate or figurative expression.
Generated collocations (experimental)
いわば、てんさい天才so to speak, a geniusいわば、じじょう事情があるso to speak, there are circumstancesいわば、かれ彼はせんせい先生だso to speak, he is a teacherいわば、かのじょ彼女のこころのこえ心の声so to speak, her inner voiceいわば、さいごのしゅだん最後の手段so to speak, a last resortいわば、こころのささえ心の支えso to speak, a source of emotional supportいわば、みちすじ道筋をしめす示すso to speak, to show the wayいわば、じだい時代のしょうちょう象徴so to speak, a symbol of the eraいわば、ひつようあく必要悪so to speak, a necessary evilいわば、あらた新たなちょうせん挑戦so to speak, a new challenge
Example sentences
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He is my closest friend; we are like brothers.
He became, as it were, a kind of hero from a strange land.
He never loses his curiosity; he is, as it were, an eternal youth.