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いわゆる: So-called / what is called — Japanese vocabulary

いわゆる means "So-called / what is called". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

いわゆる

Reading
いわゆる · iwayuru
Translation
So-called / what is called
Level
JLPT N2

Example

これがいわゆる「天ぷら」というものです。

これがいわゆる「てんぷら」というものです。

This is what we call "tempura".

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