閑話休題

閑話休題

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閑	話	休	題
かん Grade: S	わ Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​んわきゅうだい [káꜜǹwàkyùùdàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɰᵝa̠kʲɨᵝːda̠i]

Interjection

閑(かん)話(わ)休(きゅう)題(だい) • (kanwa-kyūdai) ^{←かんわきうだい (kanwakiudai)?}

1. setting idle chatter aside and returning to the main topic

See also

• 本筋(ほんすじ) (honsuji, “main topic”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN