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と言うか

Reading

Kana: というか
Romaji: toiuka
Kana
Romaji

Definition

exp
adv
1

or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather

Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: ってゆうか

Kanji

言
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word

Example Sentences

つまみ食(ぐ)いと言(い)うか、完食(かんしょく)していたように見(み)えたが。
➥You say you had a nibble, it looked to me like you'd polished it off.
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私(わたし)は、ギャンブルには向(むか)いてないと思(おも)う。そういう運(うん)がないというか、働(はたら)いて稼(かせ)いだ方(ほう)が確実(かくじつ)だし。
➥I'm not cut out for gambling. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but working for my pay is more of a sure thing.
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先輩(せんぱい)は、嫌味(いやみ)なくらいの完璧(かんぺき)超人(ちょうじん)でしたからね。だから逆(ぎゃく)にその「癖(くせ)」は先輩(せんぱい)の可愛(かわい)げ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。
➥You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.
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「まあその、自慢(じまん)できる事(こと)でもないんだけど」というか、臆面(おくめん)もなく吹聴(ふいちょう)できる話(はなし)でもない。
➥"Well, that is, it's not something I can boast of," in fact it's not something I can talk unashamedly about in public.
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駐禁(ちゅうきん)で切符(きっぷ)を切(き)られた直後(ちょくご)にＵターン禁止(きんし)でつかまった。運(うん)が悪(わる)いというか、弱(よわ)り目(め)に祟(たた)り目(め)というか。
➥It wasn't my lucky day. First, I got a parking ticket and then things went from bad to worse when I got pulled over for making a U-turn.
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