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Sample Sentence with as “Back Burner”

The kanji (waki) can mean “back burner” in the metaphorical sense:

その話は脇に置いておいて 。。。
Sono hanashi wa waki ni oite oite …
Putting that topic aside for the moment …

Oite oite! That merits an “Oy vey!”

(hanashi: conversation)
(o(ku): to put, place)

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