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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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Kanji in this word
言
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7 strokes
More words with
言
発言
はつげん ·
utterance
N1
言葉
ことば ·
language
N5
言う
いう ·
to say
N5
宣言
せんげん ·
declaration
N1
言語
げんご ·
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language
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証言
しょうげん ·
evidence
N1
提言
ていげん ·
proposal
言論
げんろん ·
discussion
N1
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