Sale Lifetime access for $30 $60 from 1 November · Every level, N5 to N1 Get it
New N3 mock tests · Full exams from past papers, timed like the real exam Take one

言わば[いわば] (iwaba)

so to speak

  • JLPT N3
  • Pitch 1
  • #12985 most frequent

Meaning

言わば (いわば, iwaba) is a JLPT N3 vocabulary word meaning “so to speak”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

彼女かのじょは言いわば姉あねのような存在そんざいです

She is like a sister to me.

彼かれはいわば学者がくしゃばかだ。

He is, so to speak, a learned fool.

彼かれはいわば賢かしこい愚か者おろかものだ。

He is a wise fool, so to speak.

彼かれはいわばロボット人間にんげんだ。

He is, so to speak, a human robot.

Sale

Practice JLPT membership

Every mock test, practice test and reading passage, N5 to N1, and unlimited voice lessons.

$5 a month, or $30 once for lifetime$60 from 1 November

See membership

New

JLPT mock tests

Full exams from past papers, section by section on the real exam clock, with the original listening audio. Mock test 1 is free at every level.