How to say "openly" in Japanese

• 表立っておもてだってCommon
  expressionCovers 'openly' meaning 'publicly, in plain view': doing something where others can see, rather than secretly — the sense in 'openly criticize'. It can also shade toward 'ostensibly, outwardly'.
• 手放してばなしCommon
  nounMatches 'openly' only in the sense 'unreservedly, without holding back': openly saying or expressing what one feels. It is really about lack of emotional restraint, not publicity — for that, 表立って is the word.

Choose 「表立って」 when 'openly' means publicly, in plain view rather than in secret; choose 「手放し」 when it means unreservedly, saying what one feels without restraint.

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• 表立っておもてだってpublicly
• 晴れてはれてopenly
• 正面切ってしょうめんきってopenly
• 人目もはばからずひとめもはばからずopenly
• もろconspicuously
• わだかまりなくwith no ill feeling
• 陽にようにvisibly
• ずけずけ(speaking) bluntly
• 腹蔵なくふくぞうなくwithout reserve
• 手放してばなしlack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions)