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話す はなす N5

  1. to chat; to converse; to speak; to talk
  2. to describe; to discuss; to explain; to mention; to narrate; to tell
  3. to speak (a language)

ほそぼそ話す ほそぼそはなす

  1. to speak slowly and quietly

事情を話す じじょうをはなす

  1. to explain the situation

腹を割って話す はらをわってはなす

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

心を割って話す こころをわってはなす

  1. to have a heart to heart talk; to speak frankly

ぼそぼそ ぼそぼそ

  1. in a mumble; in a murmur; in a subdued voice; in a whisper; in undertones
  2. dry and tasteless; stale
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