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打ち解ける

うちとける

to open up, to become friendly

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Examples

  1. 新しい同僚とすぐに打ち解けた。

    あたらしいどうりょうとすぐにうちとけた。

    I quickly became friendly with my new colleague.

  2. 彼女はなかなか打ち解けない。

    かのじょはなかなかうちとけない。

    She doesn't open up easily.

  3. お酒が入ると、みんな打ち解けて話し始めた。

    おさけがはいると、みんなうちとけてはなしはじめた。

    Once the drinks came, everyone relaxed and started talking freely.

Common patterns

打ち解けて話す
to talk in a relaxed, open way
〜と打ち解ける
to warm up to someone
なかなか打ち解けない
to be slow to open up

Memory tip

Think of 解ける as ice melting: the guard you keep up with strangers dissolves. It is intransitive, so the other person takes と, and it names the change, not the settled state — for that use 親しい.

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