いわば
Meanings
Adverb
1. so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense (Usually kana)
Other spellings
言わば
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
いわば
いわば
Examples48
その
The artist is eternally a boy.
彼
He is a Japanese Edison, as it were.
それ
That was, as it were, part of the job.
彼女
She was, so to speak, our idol.
彼
He is, so to speak, a human robot.
彼
He is, so to speak, a learned fool.