N2 — outside your level filter
Modifies the end of the sentence directly and takes no だ／です, so there are no forms to conjugate.
いわば
iwabaso to speakN2adverb
Example sentences1
この店は、いわばこの町の顔のような存在だ。
kono mise wa, iwaba kono machi no kao no you na sonzai da.
This shop is, so to speak, like the face of this town. neutral