also 言わば
- adverb, usually in kana so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
so to speak
also 言わば
彼は、いわば、本の虫だ。 He is, so to speak, a bookworm. #115694
彼は、いわば迷える子羊だ。 He is, as it were, a stray sheep. #115692
彼は、いわば、生き字引だ。 He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary. #115695
それはいわば生死の問題だ。 It is, as it were, a life and death problem. #205535
僕の父は、いわば生き字引だ。 My father is, so to speak, a walking dictionary. #82178
彼は、いわば大人の赤ん坊だ。 He is, as it were, a grown up baby. #115693
ラクダは、いわば砂漠の船です。 A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert. #192650
それはいわば仕事の一部だった。 That was, as it were, part of the job. #205536