いわば
N3言わば謂わば
[iwaba]
Definitions
1.adverb (fukushi)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
Example Sentences
彼はいわば生まれながらの天才だ。
He is, so to speak, a born genius.
これはいわば最後のチャンスです。
This is, as it were, the last chance.
いわば自業自得ということだね。
So to speak, it is self-inflicted.