N3Adverb

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言わばいわば

iwaba

so to speak

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Example sentence

彼は、いわば、生き字引だ。

He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

Sentence from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR

Kanji in 言わば

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
言う	N5	いう	いうto say
言葉	N5	ことば	ことばlanguage; word(s); expression(s)
言語	N3	げんご	げんごlanguage
一言	N3	ひとこと	ひとことone word
伝言	N3	でんごん	でんごんverbal message
方言	N2	ほうげん	ほうげんdialect
言葉遣い	N2	ことばづかい	ことばづかいspeech, expression, wording
独り言	N2	ひとりごと	ひとりごとa soliloquy, a monologue, speaking to oneself

More Grammar & Function Words words

Word	Reading	Meaning
と	と	とand
方	ほう	ほうdirection, side; (in comparisons) the one that
少しも	すこしも	すこしも(not) at all, (not) in the least
そのうち	そのうち	そのうちbefore long, eventually, sooner or later
いけない	いけない	いけないmust not do, bad, wrong
まあ	まあ	まあwell (used when making a modest or hesitant statement)
ずっと	ずっと	ずっとfor a long time; all the time; consecutively
かなり	かなり	かなりconsiderably, fairly, quite

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