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<同意表現集>

「いわゆる」



(62)夫はいわゆる大人の赤ちゃんです。

◎ 1) My husband is what is called a grown-up baby.

◎ 2) My husband is what we (or they, you) call a grown-up baby.

◎ 3) My husband is a so-called grown-up baby.

◎ 4) My husband is, as it were, a grown-up baby.

◎ 5) My husband is, so to speak (or ○so to say), a grown-up baby.




[解説]

◎ 1) what is called C:いわゆる C

◎ 2) what we (or they, you) call C(「世間で言うところの」、又は特定の「あなたたちが(私たちが、彼らが)言うところの」という意味)

◎ 3) so-called 名詞:(本当かどうか疑わしいが)いわゆる〜(侮蔑的なニュアンスを持つことが多い)

◎ 4) as it were:いわば(×as it was は不可)

◎ 5) so to speak (or ○so to say):いわば

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