暴く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あば
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Recorded since at least the early 1100s CE.[1] Likely cognate with 荒ら (abara, with large gaps, wide open; wild, ruined, adjective), 暴れる (abareru, to be violent, to be wild, verb).

Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

Verb

(あば) (abakutransitive godan (stem (あば) (abaki), past (あば)いた (abaita))

  1. disclose (a secret), expose (a crime), lay bare, divulge
    • Tanaka Corpus
      (かれ)らの秘密(ひみつ)全部(ぜんぶ)(あば)かれた
      Karera no himitsu ga zenbu abakareta.
      All their secrets have been revealed.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN