| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| 口を割らない | She won't talk. |
| 尋問に耐え、何があろうと 口を割らない | They're paid to stand up to the heat keep their mouths shut, no matter what. |
| 口を割らない 引き返そう | She's not talking, Jim. We need to turn this car around now. |
| 俺に時間をくれ 口を割らせる | Give me time alone. I'll get him to talk. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | bieg | Arabic | اعترف |
| Danish | bekende | Dutch | bekennen |
| English | confess | Estonian | pihtima |
| Faroese | viðganga | Finnish | ripittäytyä,tunnustaa |
| French | confesser | German | beichten, beifügen, bekennen, gestehen |
| Greek | εξομολογώ, εξοντώνω, ξαγορεύω, ομολογώ | Hungarian | gyón, gyónik, vall |
| Icelandic | játa | Indonesian | mengaku |
| Italian | confessare | Lithuanian | išpažinti, prisipažinti |
| Macedonian | исповеда, признава, се исповеда | Polish | spowiadać, wyspowiadać, wyznać |
| Portuguese | confessar, professar | Romanian | mărturisi, spovedi |
| Russian | исповедаться, исповедовать, исповедоваться, признаваться, признаться, сознаваться, сознаться | Spanish | confesar, confesarse |
| Swedish | bekänna | Turkish | günah çıkarmak |
| Vietnamese | cung khai, tự thú, xưng, xứng |