はさておき
Meaning
Setting A aside (for now), B; leaving A out of consideration and turning to B. B is usually the more pressing or more important matter, or a change of topic.
Conjugation
(A)N + はさておき、(B): (A)V普通形／いA／なA／N + か（どうか） + はさておき、(B)
Examples
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勉強はさておき、まずは夏の予定を立てよう。
費用はさておき、旅行の行き先を先に決めよう。
冗談はさておき、本当はどう思っているの？
夏休みの予定はさておき、2学期の行事についてお知らせがあります。
車で行くかどうかはさておき、宿の予約は早めにしたほうがいいよ。
見た目はさておき、この店のラーメンは味が最高だ。
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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 行くはさておき、予約は早めにしよう。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 行くかどうかはさておき、予約は早めにしよう。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: はさておき attaches to a noun, or to a clause turned into a noun phrase with か/かどうか. It cannot follow a plain verb directly.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 英語はさておき、中国語も話せます。(meaning 'not to mention English, I can also speak Chinese')
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 英語はもちろん、中国語も話せます。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: はさておき means 'leaving A aside', not 'A goes without saying'. For 'not to mention A, also B', use はもちろん.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 夏休みの予定は扨置き、…
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 夏休みの予定はさておき、…
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: さておき is normally written in kana. The kanji spelling 扨置き is very rare and hard to read, so avoid it.
Key points
Use it to defer or skip A and move on to B, as in 冗談はさておき (joking aside). A is not denied, just not dealt with now. It is a fairly formal, written-style expression but is also common in speech. The variants をさておき and はさておいて exist. Compared with はともかく, さておき often more explicitly signals setting A aside and shifting attention to B, while ともかく can also mean regardless of A. Do not confuse it with はもちろん (not to mention A, also B).
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