Word details

腹を割って話す

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 腹を割って話す.

Dictionary

Entry

腹を割って話すはらをわってはなすExpressionGodan verbFreq #36336
1

to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk

Examples
腹を割って話そう
Let's put all the cards on the table.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

abdomen, belly, stomach

13 strokesFrequency 1,286JLPT N2Grade 6

On

フク

Kun

はら

proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split

12 strokesFrequency 318JLPT N2Grade 6

On

カツ

Kun

わ.るわりわ.りわ.れるさ.く

tale, talk

13 strokesFrequency 134JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

はな.すはなし

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