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言いわば
Meanings
Adverb
Usually written in kana
1. so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
So to speak, the flock moves as a single organism.
Alt. forms
いわば
76%
言いわば
16%
云いわば
4%
謂いわば
2%
Kanji used
言
say
Pitch accent
い
わば
い
わ
ば
Top 17600
Used in: 787
Examples (4 in total)
That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.
He's my best friend. It's as if he were my brother.
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