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腹を割って話す
harawowattehanasu
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
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  1. harawowattehanasu 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
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Kanji Breakdown
腹
Abdomen, Belly, Stomach
On: ふく Kun: はら
13 strokes N3
割
Proportion, Comparatively, Divide, Cut, Separate, Split
On: かつ Kun: わ.る,わり,わ.り,わ.れる,さ.く
12 strokes N3
話
Tale, Talk
On: わ Kun: はな.す,はなし
13 strokes N5
How to Use This Word
U-verb (五段動詞)
Pattern
腹を割って話す (dict) → polite: -ます form → て-form → た-form

💡 Conjugate the final kana to the い-row before adding ます.

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よく腹を割って話すことがあります。
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