Kana words#7,105 most used
Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)
so to speak
IN A SENTENCE
彼は、いわば、本の虫だ。
He is, so to speak, a bookworm.
from Tatoeba
IN OTHER SENTENCES
彼はいわば日本のエジソンだ。
He is a Japanese Edison, as it were.
from Tatoeba
MEANING
1so to speak; so to call it; as it were
adverb
TANGOYA ASKS
The dictionary gives いわば this one meaning.
DETAILS
Kindかな語, kana words
Frequency#7,105 most used
Writtenいわば、言わば、謂わば
Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall
Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium