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はっきり言う
はっきりいう
1. [exp,v5u]
▶ to speak distinctly
▶ to speak clearly
2. [exp,v5u]
▶ to put it bluntly
▶ to get to the point
▶ to be frank

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2013-06-23 06:13:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2013-06-22 15:28:01  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://gogakuru.com/english/phrase/309  
http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/"to+be+frank"
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +21,1 @@
+<gloss>to be frank</gloss>
2. A 2012-12-12 00:24:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
リーダーズ+プラス
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +11,1 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -16,0 +17,1 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -17,1 +19,0 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
1. A* 2012-12-11 21:05:33  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://ja.glosbe.com/en/ja/to put things bluntly ...  
http://english-note.seesaa.net/article/35748361.html  
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/はっきり言う
  Comments:
Meaning 1 could be inferred from はっきり and 言う, but it's meaning 2 that brought the phrase to my attention.  I imagine there are numerous other variants of "to put it bluntly" that could be included, but I've just used the two for now.

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