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坦懐

Reading

Kana: たんかい
Romaji: tankai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

level emotion; frankness

Kanji

Readings: タン、 たいら
Meanings: level, wide
Readings: カイ、 エ、 ふところ、 なつ.かしい、 なつ.かしむ、 なつ.く、 なつ.ける、 なず.ける、 いだ.く、 おも.う
Meanings: pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast

Example Sentences

虚心坦懐(きょしんたんかい)(はな)()った。
➥We talked quite frankly.
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虚心坦懐(きょしんたんかい)(もう)()げる。(いま)から()うことは、言葉(ことば)どおりに()()ってほしい。
➥I'm going to speak to you with utmost candor so I want you to take everything I'm about to say at face value.
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面接(めんせつ)では、虚心坦懐(きょしんたんかい)(はな)すことが必要(ひつよう)だ。
➥You have to be up-front and candid at interviews.
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極端(きょくたん)()うと、(かれ)は、自己(じこ)のテーゼに完全(かんぜん)自信(じしん)()っているものが発揮(はっき)できる虚心坦懐(きょしんたんかい)さで()いてはいないのである。
➥He does not, in short, write with the candor of a man who is completely confident of his thesis.
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