いわば

so to speak

N3 #270

Also a form of

Meanings

also 言わば

  1. adverb, usually in kana so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

In sentences

彼かれは、いわば、本ほんの虫むしだ。 He is, so to speak, a bookworm. #115694

彼かれは、いわば迷まよえる子羊こひつじだ。 He is, as it were, a stray sheep. #115692

彼かれは、いわば、生いき字引じびきだ。 He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary. #115695

それはいわば生死せいしの問題もんだいだ。 It is, as it were, a life and death problem. #205535

僕ぼくの父ちちは、いわば生いき字引じびきだ。 My father is, so to speak, a walking dictionary. #82178

彼かれは、いわば大人おとなの赤あかん坊ぼうだ。 He is, as it were, a grown up baby. #115693

ラクダは、いわば砂漠さばくの船ふねです。 A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert. #192650

それはいわば仕事しごとの一部いちぶだった。 That was, as it were, part of the job. #205536