いわば: So to speak — Japanese vocabulary
いわば means "So to speak". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
いわば
- Reading
- いわば · iwaba
- Translation
- So to speak
- Level
- JLPT N2
Example
ラクダは、いわば砂漠の船です。
ラクダは、いわばさばくのふねです。
A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.
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