“To change the subject” in Japanese
Short answer
To change the subject in Japanese is “話をそらす” (hanashiwosorasu). Full meaning: to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient).
Other ways to say “To change the subject” in Japanese
突然だけど
totsuzendakedo apropos of nothing, to change the subject
其れはそうと
sorehasouto anyway, by the way, incidentally, well, to change the subject
其れはそうとして
sorehasoutoshite anyway, by the way, incidentally, well, to change the subject
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