かん
閑
わ
話
きゅう
休
だい
題

conjunction

Messages.yoji, messages.form.
  1. getting back to the subject at hand, ..., (but) to return to the main topic, ..., so much for digressions, ....

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かん
閑
わ
話
きゅう
休
だい
題
 閑話休題 かんわきゅうだい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

leisure
カン　が　より (9th, N1)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
tale, talk
はなし　ワ　はな.す (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
tongue, reed, clapper
した　ゼツ (5th, N1)
thousand
セン　ち　かず (1st, N5)
rest, day off, retire
やす.む　キュウ (1st, N5)
human radical (no. 9)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
topic, subject
ダイ (3rd, N4)
just so, this, right
ゼ　これ　シ (7th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
head, counter for animals
ヒキ　ショ　ソ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
page, leaf
ケツ　ぺえじ　おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)