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膝を交える

ひざをまじえる

to talk frankly (face-to-face)

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Examples

  1. 膝を交えて話し合った。

    ひざをまじえてはなしあった。

    We talked things over face to face.

  2. 社長と膝を交えて語った。

    しゃちょうとひざをまじえてかたった。

    I sat down and talked frankly with the president.

  3. 両社の担当者が膝を交えて意見を出し合った。

    りょうしゃのたんとうしゃがひざをまじえていけんをだしあった。

    Staff from both companies sat down together and shared their views.

  4. 立場を離れ、膝を交えて本音で話す場が必要だ。

    たちばをはなれ、ひざをまじえてほんねではなすばがひつようだ。

    We need a setting where people set rank aside and talk honestly face to face.

Common patterns

膝を交えて話す
to talk face to face
膝を交えて語り合う
to sit down together and talk openly
膝を交えた議論
a frank, close discussion

Memory tip

The picture is sitting on tatami close enough that your knees almost touch. It appears almost always as 膝を交えて plus a verb of talking, and it implies that rank has been set aside.

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