~もようだ(~模様だ)      => look; perhaps; seems N1
とはくらべ[物「もの」]にならない => It's no match for A N1
Comparison/ Exchange
と言う/と言っていた => you could say; one might say; I'd say ~ N5
と言っている => To say that ... N3
Speaking
と[言「い」]っても => Although A is the case, B (as well) N2
Lists, Examples
と[言「い」]っても => Although A is the case, B (as well) N3
List, Examples
と言っていました => Someone said... N4
Speaking
と[言「い」]うのは => Means, is N3
Information, Report
~と言ってもせいぜい~だけだ => Even if it’s said that…but it’s just…. N1
Emphasize
と言われている => it is said that ~ N3
Heard
と([思「おも」]う、[言「い」]う、[考「かんが」]える) => That A N4
Particles
~といっても言い過ぎではない => it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say N1
Position, perspective