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閑話休題

かんわきゅうだい

to return to the subject

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Examples

  1. 閑話休題、本論に戻る。

    かんわきゅうだい、ほんろんにもどる。

    To return to the subject, let's get back to the main argument.

  2. 閑話休題、話を先に進めよう。

    かんわきゅうだい、はなしをさきにすすめよう。

    Enough of that digression; let's move on.

  3. 長くなったが、閑話休題である。

    ながくなったが、かんわきゅうだいである。

    That went on rather long, but let us leave the digression there.

  4. 閑話休題、ここからは具体的な方法を説明したい。

    かんわきゅうだい、ここからはぐたいてきなほうほうをせつめいしたい。

    To get back on track, I'd now like to explain the concrete methods.

Common patterns

閑話休題、本題に戻る
digression over, back to the main point
閑話休題である
so much for the digression
閑話休題、さて
anyway, back to it

Memory tip

The four characters read as 'idle talk — rest the topic', a set phrase from classical Chinese storytelling. It only appears in written essays, and only after you have already digressed: it ends the tangent rather than starting one.

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