JLPT N1 · Verb

打ち明ける (uchiakeru)

打ち明ける (うちあける, uchiakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to confide; to reveal”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
うちあける
Romaji
uchiakeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は彼に心配事を打ち明けた。
I confided my troubles to him.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 打ち明ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary打ち明けるうちあける uchiakeru
Polite (~masu)打ち明けますうちあけます uchiakemasu
Negative打ち明けないうちあけない uchiakenai
Polite negative打ち明けませんうちあけません uchiakemasen
Past打ち明けたうちあけた uchiaketa
Polite past打ち明けましたうちあけました uchiakemashita
Negative past打ち明けなかったうちあけなかった uchiakenakatta
Te-form打ち明けてうちあけて uchiakete
Potential打ち明けられるうちあけられる uchiakerareru
Passive打ち明けられるうちあけられる uchiakerareru
Causative打ち明けさせるうちあけさせる uchiakesaseru
Volitional打ち明けよううちあけよう uchiakeyou
Imperative打ち明けろうちあけろ uchiakero
Conditional (~ba)打ち明ければうちあければ uchiakereba

Kanji in 打ち明ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 打ち明ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1588130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.