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disclosure, confession, revealing one's true feelings
The act of openly expressing or revealing one's innermost thoughts, feelings, or emotions that had been kept hidden. Implies a sense of emotional release or vulnerability.
本音を吐露する。
Reveal one's true feelings.
彼は長年の苦悩を友人に吐露した。
He confessed his years of anguish to a friend.
インタビューの中で、選手は引退への複雑な思いを吐露した。
During the interview, the athlete revealed their complicated feelings about retirement.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 本音を吐露する (reveal one's true feelings)
- 心情を吐露する (disclose one's emotions)
- 胸の内を吐露する (reveal what is in one's heart)
- 不満を吐露する (express one's dissatisfaction)
A literary and somewhat formal word. The object is always something emotional or personal — feelings, frustrations, innermost thoughts. Common in news reporting, interviews, and literary prose.