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50 examples found containing 'いわば' (results also include variant forms and possible homonyms)

きくなった

だ。

He is, so to speak, a grown-up baby.

は、

の

にいる

のようなものだ。

He is, so to speak, a fish out of water.

はいわば、

からやってきた

のヒーローとなった。

He became, as it were, a kind of hero from a strange land.

せいようじん

と

をするとき、

の

のギヤを

えなければならない。

When I speak to a Westerner, I have to shift mental gears, so to speak.

テレビに

されるものは、いわば

じっしゃかい

の

である。

What is shown on television is, as it were, a reflection of what society is like.

はいわばスタープレーヤーだ。

He is, so to speak, a star player.

に

のようなものだ。

You are, so to speak, a fish out of water.

われわれは、いわば、

の

に

っているようなものだった。

We sat, as it were, on a volcano.

のアイドルだった。

She was, so to speak, our idol.

の

は、いわば

だ。

My father is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

が

の

んだところにいくつもの

っていた。

Rain formed pools in the hollow spaces on the rocks.

は

きょうそう

の

にいわばトレードされたのです。

He was traded, so to speak, to the rival firm.

エベレスト

は、いわば、

の

である。

Mount Everest is, so to speak, the roof of the world.

は、いわば、

だ。

He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

きコーチはいわば

の

のようなものだ。

A good coach is like a parent to the players.

じょうやく

というのは、いわば、

こっかかん

の

である。

A treaty is, as it were, a contract between countries.

は、いわば、

だ。

Our teacher is, as it were, a walking dictionary.

は、いわば

える

だ。

He is, as it were, a stray sheep.

は、

に

のようなものだ。

He is, so to speak, a fish out of water.

その

は

だ。

That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.

Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.

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