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いわゆる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word いわゆる.
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Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
Examples
これがいわゆる「天ぷら」というものです。
This is what we call "tempura".
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