the so-called, so to speak
Example sentences
彼は生まれはいわゆる貴族だった。
He was a so-called aristocrat by birth.
彼は偉大な学者ではあるが、いわゆる常識に欠けている。
He is a great scholar, but lacks what is called common sense.
彼はいわゆる優等生だ。
He is what we call an honour student.
More N3 vocabulary
- すてきlovely, dreamy, beautiful, great
- 単にsimply, merely, only, solely
- コードcode, cord, chord
- 値段price, cost
- 諦めるto give up, to abandon
- 様々varied, various