言わば

Japanese

Kanji in this term
言
い Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

The Classical Japanese conditional form of the verb 言う (iu, “to say, to speak”): 言わ (iwa, 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of the verb 言う (iu)) +‎ ば (-ba, an inflectional suffix indicating the hypothetical condition).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いわば [íꜜwàbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
(Tokyo) いわば [ìwáꜜbà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][3][2]
(Tokyo) いわば [ìwábá] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
IPA^(key): [iɰᵝa̠ba̠]

Adverb

言(い)わば • (iwaba) ^{←いはば (ifaba)^?}

so to speak, as it were

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN