Illustration: A newcomer steps into a small cat café with a friend who presents the room with an open-handed gesture of recognition. Customers sit at café tables with drinks while resident cats occupy climbing shelves, cushions and several laps. A staff member carries a tray past a cat asleep beneath a chair.

JLPT N2pre-noun adjectivalLevel estimated by Bebop

いわゆる

iwayuru

so-called

Example sentences

これがいわゆる「天てんぷら」というものです。
This is what we call "tempura".
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彼かれはいわゆる優等生ゆうとうせいだ。
He is what we call an honour student.
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彼かれはいわゆる本ほんの虫むしだ。
He is what is called a bookworm.
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