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言わば
いわば
N3
adverb
usually kana
Meanings
1
so to speak
2
so to call it
3
as it were
Example sentence
この犬は言わばうちの家族の一員だ。
This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.
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Mine a sentence — saw 言わば in the wild?
Kanji in this word
言
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7 strokes
More words with
言
断言
だんげん ·
assertion
N1
発言
はつげん ·
utterance
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無言
むごん ·
silence
N1
予言
よげん ·
prediction
N1
言付け
ことづけ ·
to leave a message
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言い換える
いいかえる ·
to say in other words
言いなり
いいなり ·
doing as one is told
助言
じょげん ·
advice
N1
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