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    3. 言わば

    言わば

    言いわ​ば​

    so to speak

    N3KMT1News #1+1CoreAdverbCore ConceptsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    謂わば

    いわば

    Adverb

    1.
    so to speak, so to call it, as it were
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは言いわばチームの心しん臓ぞうだ。

    He is, so to speak, the heart of the team.

    KMT1Core ConceptsSports & Martial Arts
    その計けい画かくは、言いわば夢ゆめのような話はなしだ。

    That plan is, so to speak, a dream-like story.

    KMT1Core Concepts
    この新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつは、言いわば未み来らいへの扉とびらです。

    This new technology is, so to speak, a door to the future.

    KMT2TechnologyCore Concepts
    彼かの女じょの絵えは、言いわば感かん情じょうの爆ばく発はつだ。

    Her painting is, so to speak, an explosion of emotion.

    KMT3Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれのスピーチは、言いわば時じ代だいの転てん換かん点てんを示しめすものだった。

    His speech was, so to speak, something that marked a turning point of the era.

    KMT4Core ConceptsPolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
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