というか (to iu ka)

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Meaning

  1. or perhaps I should say
  2. or more precisely
  3. or, how should I put it

All JLPT 1 grammar : と言うか（というか, to iu ka）, or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather, Expression, Adverb

Usually written using kana alone

Example

日本語意味
なかなか「きもの」を着る機会がないというかたも、思い切って着てみましょう！Also, those of you who don’t have the chance to wear a ‘kimono’, go for it and wear one!
つまみ食いと言うか、完食していたように見えたが。You say you had a nibble, it looked to me like you’d polished it off.
先輩は、嫌味なくらいの完璧超人でしたからね。だから逆にその「癖」は先輩の可愛げ・・・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.
僕は先生が何と言うか恐い。I am afraid of what the teacher will say.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
会kaimeeting, assembly
機会kikaichance, opportunity
着るkiruto wear, to put on
言うiuto say, to utter
完璧kanpekiperfect; complete; flawless
愛ailove, affection, care
逆gyakureverse, opposite
癖kusehabit
味ajiflavor, taste
だからdakaraso, therefore
先輩senpaisenior
人hitoperson
嫌iyadisagreeable, detestable
生jinseilife
僕bokuI, me
何naniwhat
先生senseiteacher, master, doctor

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
着チャク,ジャクき.る, -ぎ, き.せるarrive, wear
会カイ,エあ.う, あ.わせる, あつ.まるmeeting
切セツ,サイき.る, -き.る, き.りcut, cutoff
思シおも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.すthink
機キはたmechanism, machine
見ケンみ.る, み.える, み.せるsee, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
食ショク,ジキく.う, く.らう, た.べるeat, food
言ゲン,ゴンい.う, ことsay, word
完カンperfect, completion
人ジン,ニンひと, -り, -とperson
先センさき, ま.ずbefore, ahead, previous, future, precedence
味ミあじ, あじ.わうflavor, taste
何カなに, なん, なに-what
生セイ,ショウい.きる, い.かす, い.けるlife, genuine, birth
恐キョウおそ.れる, おそ.る, おそ.ろしいfear, dread, awe

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