"っていうか" meaning in Japanese

See っていうか in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [t̚te̞ iɯ̟ᵝ 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
  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 wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: というか (to iu ka), つーか (tsūka) Synonyms (yet more informal): てか (te ka) Related terms: なんていうか (nanteiuka)
Disambiguation of 'yet more informal': 52 48

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "tte iu ka",
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      ]
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      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nanteiuka",
      "word": "なんていうか"
    }
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        "or rather"
      ],
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          "or rather",
          "or rather"
        ]
      ]
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          "_dis": "38 62",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to change the topic and introduce one's realization that something is strange."
      ],
      "id": "en-っていうか-ja-intj-k9Deqrzg",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Used to change the topic and introduce one's realization that something is strange."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[t̚te̞ iɯ̟ᵝ ka̠]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "to iu ka",
      "word": "というか"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tsūka",
      "word": "つーか"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "roman": "te ka",
      "sense": "yet more informal",
      "word": "てか"
    }
  ],
  "word": "っていうか"
}
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "tte iu ka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
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      },
      "expansion": "っていうか • (tte iu ka)",
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    }
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    }
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      ],
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        [
          "or rather",
          "or rather"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[t̚te̞ iɯ̟ᵝ ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "to iu ka",
      "word": "というか"
    },
    {
      "roman": "te ka",
      "sense": "yet more informal",
      "word": "てか"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsūka",
      "word": "つーか"
    }
  ],
  "word": "っていうか"
}

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