
JLPT Taisaku 66#言わば/いわば
言わば/いわば Meaning: so to speak; as it were; like sort of Examples: この本は言わば私のバイブルだ。 This is, as it were, my bible. この試験は言わばアメリカの大学に留学する際のTOEFLに当たる。 This test is, so to speak, the equivalent of the TOEFL, which people take when they (want to) study at a university in the U.S. ここまでは、言わばウオーミングアップのようなもので、ここからが本番だ。 This has been sort of a warm-up, and starting now, the real business begins. I put all the examples along with the meaning into flashcards to study just in case you forget