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話が飛ぶ話しが飛ぶ
はなしがとぶ
1. [exp,v5b]
▶ (for a conversation) to wander from the subject
▶ to get off track

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2018-02-25 22:11:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2018-02-25 19:57:26  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe better? 
Now it's the 話 that's the subject of the verb in English 
too.
  Diff:
@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>to get off track (in a conversation)</gloss>
-<gloss>to wander from the subject</gloss>
+<gloss>(for a conversation) to wander from the subject</gloss>
+<gloss>to get off track</gloss>
1. A* 2018-02-25 19:49:12  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5 話が飛ぶ "the talk jumps to another topic"
ngrams
話が飛ぶ 	410
話しが飛ぶ	19
話飛ぶけど	24
話を飛ばす	24

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usage example:
"「そうだ、この人なんだ」っていうことをお互いに譲歩しあいなが
ら、喧嘩しながら、「よし、この人と一緒にやっていくぞ!」ってい
う感じで。だからもう、離婚してあげれば? 話が飛ぶけど。相手が
かわいそうだけど。"
https://miyearnzzlabo.com/archives/47549
  Comments:
really it's not "I" but "the conversation" who "wanders 
away from the subject". Hard to gloss in that way, 
unless we want to copy gg5? or do something in a similar 
vein.
Not in any dictionaries outside of the gg5 example 
sentence (not even jitsuyo or eij), but maybe worth 
having, nonetheless? At least not obvious from our 
current definition of 飛ぶ.

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