言わばいわばiwaba言いわば言いわばShow answer(Space)Suspend(@)言いわば言いわばiwabaCommonRelative commonness of this word, based on various sources (incl. newspapers)CommonJLPT N2Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardestJLPT N2AdverbAdverb (fukushi)AdverbWritten w/ kanji onlyWord usually written using kana aloneWritten w/ kanji onlyso to speak; so to call it; as it were言いわば言いわばiwabaso to speak; so to call it; as it wereWhat does 言わば mean in English?so to speak; so to call it; as it were(adv)Search the picture dictionary for 言わば