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余談よだん (yodan)

digression

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Meaning

余談 (よだん, yodan) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “digression”.

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余談よだんですが父ちちも同おなじ会社かいしゃに勤つとめていました

By the way, my father worked at the same company.

それは余談です.

That's incidental to my story.

彼は余談に家族の話をした.

He spoke in an aside of his family.

余談だが、とぼけてよく舌を出して笑う。

By the way, it often acts stupid and smiles with its tongue stuck out.

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