Illustration: In a busy neighborhood restaurant kitchen, the head cook stands between three coworkers, coordinating their actions with a raised ladle and an open guiding hand. One coworker lifts noodles, another slides forward a bowl, and a third adds the final garnish, all watching his cues.

いわば

iwaba

so to speak

Example sentences

彼かれは、いわば、本ほんの虫むしだ。
He is, so to speak, a bookworm.
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彼かれはいわば学者がくしゃばかだ。
He is, so to speak, a learned fool.
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私わたしはいわば部外者ぶがいしゃだった。
I was an outsider, so to speak.
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