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SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE GRAMMAR
(15) a. [The speaker cannot remember 1 doesn't know the verb nesugosu
'oversleep' .]
A: @, +& b& aT&&zkL?mksbla*7k
(What do you say when you sleep longer than you planned
in the morning?)

b. [The speaker cannot remember I doesn't know the adjective
gaikdteki 'social' .]
+?-
It< 7%
A: Xkwa>jsiX&~~, rz-.-r.btz+i ~c:&wrct'i<
Aoz k L?l~JkZbl5Ti5.,
(What do you call a person who loves to talk with people
and goes out willingly no matter where it is?)
d7i~:iT3
B: rfimml H~~w~
(We call it gaikdteki.)
D. Topic Shift and Topic Recovery
In any language the speaker cannot shift the topic of conversation abruptly;
there are ways to signal a topic shift. Some of the most common Japanese
ways to signal a topic shift are given below.

(16) a. kCST
(By the way)
It*L +,+/
b. &C&&kla *7F,
(lit. The story is different, but . . .)
c. 6 L 9 kBd"-?;k%Tjsi,
(lit. The story deviates a little bit, but . . .)
.h CW
d. Bld'&;h a 'if#,
(lit. The topic is going to change, but. . .)
e. Xk~2.d%/X9~(~;id%)
(Speaking of X)