いわば
いわば · iwaba
JLPT N2
Meaning
so to speak, as it were, in a manner of speaking, what you might call
Examples
- 彼は、いわば歩く辞書だ。 — He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
- このプロジェクトは、いわば私たちの集大成だ。 — This project is, as it were, our culmination.
- 彼女の歌声は、いわば天使のようだ。 — Her singing voice is, so to speak, like an angel's.