かん
閑
わ
話
きゅう
休
だい
題

expression, noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. Now let's return to the main subject, To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling).

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)