adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'word usually written using kana aloneplain;frank;candid;open;direct;straightforward;unabashed;blatant;flagrant
あからさまに言えば彼は嫌いだ。
Frankly, I don't like him.
Other forms
偸閑 【あからさま】 (ateji (phonetic) reading) (rarely used kanji form) · 白地 【あからさま】 (ateji (phonetic) reading) (rarely used kanji form)