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いわば

N3
言わば
[iwaba]
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Meanings

1.Adverb

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

Examples

彼は言わば天才と呼べる人だ。

He is, so to speak, a genius.

これは言わば新しい時代の始まりです。

This is, so to speak, the beginning of a new era.

言わば、私たちは一つの家族です。

We are, so to speak, one family.