"っていうか" meaning in All languages combined

See っていうか on Wiktionary

Interjection [Japanese]

IPA: [t̚te̞ jɯ̟ː ka̠] Forms: tte iu ka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|って いう か}} っていうか • (tte iu ka)
  1. or rather
    Sense id: en-っていうか-ja-intj-aJj2dZt2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42
  2. (informal) Used to change the topic and introduce one's realization that something is strange. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-っていうか-ja-intj-k9Deqrzg Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 67 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: なんていうか (nanteiuka)

Alternative forms

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          "or rather",
          "or rather"
        ]
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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        "(informal) Used to change the topic and introduce one's realization that something is strange."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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    "Japanese hiragana",
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    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "form": "tte iu ka",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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          "or rather",
          "or rather"
        ]
      ]
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        "Used to change the topic and introduce one's realization that something is strange."
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        "(informal) Used to change the topic and introduce one's realization that something is strange."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[t̚te̞ jɯ̟ː ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "っていうか"
}

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