というか – vocab dash

というか

Meanings

Expression

Conjunction

1. or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean (Usually kana)

Other spellings

と言いうか

Kanji in other spellings

言say

Composed of

という

called; named; that says; that; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

Expression

か

indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; either ... or ...; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; I wonder (if, why, etc.); …

Particle

Examples5

先せん輩ぱいは、嫌いや味みなくらいの完かん璧ぺき超ちょう人じんでしたからね。だから逆ぎゃくにその「癖くせ」は先せん輩ぱいの可愛かわいげ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。

You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.

私わたしは、ギャンブルには向むかいてないと思おもう。そういう運うんがないというか、働はたらいて稼かせいだ方ほうが確かく実じつだし。

I'm not cut out for gambling. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but working for my pay is more of a sure thing.

まあその、自じ慢まんできる事ことでもないんだけど。というか、臆おく面めんもなく吹聴ふいちょうできる話はなしでもない。

Well, that is, it's not something I can boast about. In fact, it's not something I can talk about in public without shame

駐ちゅう禁きんで切きっ符ぷを切きられた直ちょく後ごにＵユーターン禁きん止しでつかまった。運うんが悪わるいというか、弱よわり目めに祟たたり目めというか。

It wasn't my lucky day. First, I got a parking ticket and then things went from bad to worse when I got pulled over for making a U-turn.

つまみ食ぐいと言いうか、完かん食しょくしていたように見みえたが。

You say you had a nibble, it looked to me like you'd polished it off.