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Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction. / So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard.

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See correct answer

if you like

Source Word

if you like

Adverb

Japanese Meaning

「もしご希望であれば」など、依頼や指示を婉曲に伝える表現として使われる / 「いわば」または「言わば」など、標準的でない説明を示すために用いられる

Take a seat, if you like.

よろしければ、どうぞお座りください。

Sense（1）

Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction.

But imagine, if you like, a world where climate change did not exist.

Sense（2）

So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard.

This band's genre can be described as, if you like, New Wave or Post-Punk.