言いわば

いわば iwaba

so to speak

adverb

Chinese meanings

可以说；所谓

Examples

Furigana

この犬いぬは言いわばうちの家か族ぞくの一いち員いんだ。
This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.
这只狗可以说是我们家的一员。
Tatoeba #222098
その老ろう人じんは言いわば生いき字引じびきだ。
That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
那位老人可以说是活字典。
Tatoeba #206129

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('54d52e6958'); // 言わば

{
  "id": "54d52e6958",
  "word": "言わば",
  "reading": "いわば",
  "romaji": "iwaba",
  "meanings": [
    "so to speak"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1264380,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "この犬は言わばうちの家族の一員だ。",
      "furigana": "この{犬|いぬ}は{言|い}わばうちの{家族|かぞく}の{一員|いちいん}だ。",
      "en": "This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.",
      "tatoeba_id": 222098
    },
    {
      "ja": "その老人は言わば生き字引だ。",
      "furigana": "その{老人|ろうじん}は{言|い}わば{生|い}き{字引|じびき}だ。",
      "en": "That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.",
      "tatoeba_id": 206129
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "782739072e7d77bfe45214d29a39ca501d9c40053297b596b0d12530c0731f30",
    "meanings": [
      "可以说",
      "所谓"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "この犬は言わばうちの家族の一員だ。",
        "zh": "这只狗可以说是我们家的一员。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その老人は言わば生き字引だ。",
        "zh": "那位老人可以说是活字典。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/54d52e6958",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1264380; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "f5c26070e9f3f5d7febc265fbcc93ec3a5136dc56e04b6693a4e2fc94c17c90c"
  }
}