腹を割る a heart-to-heart (talk); be frank; tell all [Japanese Idiom]

腹を割る a heart-to-heart (talk); be frank; tell all [Japanese Idiom]


Japanese Idiom with Video:

腹を割る – a heart-to-heart (talk); be frank

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腹を割る

  • hara wo waru
  • a heart-to-heart (talk); be frank; tell all
  • 今日は、お互いに腹を割って話そう。

  • kyou wa, otagai ni hara wo watte hanasou.
  • Let’s sit down for a heart-to-heart today.
Vocabulary

  • 今日 kyou – today
  • wa – (the topic marker–sets “today” as the main topic of the sentence.)
  • お互いに o tagai ni – together; with each other; mutually
  • 腹 hara – belly; stomach
  • 割って watte – cut; cut open
  • 話そう hanasou – let’s talk

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