noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
fully exposed; bare; undisguised
Describes something shown openly without concealment, often with a negative or critical nuance. Can refer to physical exposure, a strong accent, or an obvious attitude.
He was sleeping with his belly fully exposed.
He started speaking in broad Kansai dialect.
The politician's true intentions were laid bare.
She protested with undisguised anger.
His attitude was full of undisguised disgust.
丸出し stresses that something which should normally be hidden is blatantly showing, while 丸見え simply describes the state of being fully visible without that judgmental nuance.
丸見え means something is completely visible to an outside observer (a passive state), while 丸出し means something is being shown or left exposed without any effort to hide it (often implying carelessness or bad taste).
Standard kanji spelling; common in news and everyday writing.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard practical spelling.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard practical spelling.
Compound of 丸 (まる, 'whole, complete') and 出し (だし, nominalized form of 出す 'to put out'). Literally 'putting out entirely', it came to mean something fully exposed or undisguised.