"いわば" meaning in 日本語

See いわば in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: 言わば [kanji], 謂わば [kanji]
  1. 言ってみれば。例えていうなら。
    Sense id: ja-いわば-ja-adv-UGQYWNF2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 副詞

Noun

Forms: 岩場 [kanji]
  1. 岩がごつごつしている場所。
    Sense id: ja-いわば-ja-noun-qDsX9MN7
  2. 大きな岩が露出し岩登りをする場所。
    Sense id: ja-いわば-ja-noun-Pi7qrsQY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 名詞

Inflected forms

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      ]
    }
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