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JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate

言わば

「いわば」

so to speak; as it were

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言わば Kanji form
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"So to speak" / "As it were"

Signals that a description is being used metaphorically or figuratively to clarify a concept.

Example

彼 は 、 いわば 歩く 辞書 だ 。

He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

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言わば (いわば)
いわば
so to speak; as it were
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