心を割って話す
こころをわってはなす
- to have a heart to heart talk; to speak frankly exp v5s
Kanji
心
シン
こころ • -ごころ
heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
割
カツ
わ.る • わり • わ.り • わ.れる • さ.く
proportion; comparatively; divide; cut; separate; split
話
ワ
はな.す • はなし
tale; talk
Synonyms
腹を割って話す
はらをわってはなす
- 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 exp v5s