► 名詞
本音 [ほんね] meaning: truth rank: 2
☆ 本音を言わせてもらえば、迷惑だ ⇨ If you let me really speak my mind, I don’t appreciate it (☛ The true feeling, opinion one has, usually privately)
本音 [ほんね] [本音を漏らす] meaning: truth rank: 2
☆ 彼はやっと本音を漏らした ⇨ He finally leaked, spoke of, his true feelings (☛ The true feeling, opinion one has, usually privately)
More examples:
- 彼は遂に本音を吐いた ⇨ He finally confessed his true feelings, spilled his guts
- 彼女は友達に本音を漏らした ⇨ She told her true feelings to her friend
- 私は彼等の本音を漏れ聞いた ⇨ I happened to hear their true feelings
- 彼は本音をこぼした ⇨ He let out a little bit of his true feelings
- 私には彼の本音は推察出来ない ⇨ I cannot guess how he really feels
- 彼の本音がちらりと覗いた ⇨ I had a glimpse of his true feelings
- 建前はいいから本音を言えよ ⇨ Enough of official statements. Say what you really think
- 彼の口から本音が漏れた ⇨ True feelings leaked out of his mouth. He let out how he really felt
- 彼はぽつりと本音を漏らした ⇨ He revealed his true feelings quietly in a short sentence
- 本音と建前は違う ⇨ The real feeling and the public stance are different
- 彼は本音を吐露した ⇨ He confessed his true feelings
- 彼は本音をぶちまけた ⇨ He spilled his guts, true feelings
- 飾った言葉よりも本音が聞きたい ⇨ I’d rather hear your true feelings than fancy words
- 彼の言葉の中に本音がちらっと覗いた ⇨ His true feelings peeked through his words