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Thinking of revealing the truth with 〜ようと思う

Grammar Explanation: Thinking of doing with 〜ようと思う

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Kenji thinks Kyouko is upset because he and Hikari don’t get along well.

ケンジ:
「オレは不良(ふりょう)のフリをしてるだけだってヒカリにバラそうと思(おも)うんだ！！」
“I think I will reveal to Hikari that I'm just pretending to be a delinquent!”
Literal: “I think I will expose to Hikari that I'm only pretending to be a delinquent!!”

Key Points

1バラそうと思う states a current intention
  • バラす means to reveal or spill a secret; バラそう is the volitional form.
  • 〜と思う makes it “I think I will reveal”, not a completed decision already acted on.
2The content of the reveal is marked by って
  • 「オレは不良(ふりょう)のフリをしてるだけだ」 is what Kenji plans to tell Hikari.
  • って works like a casual quotation marker before バラそう.
3んだ presents the plan as an explanation
  • The final んだ makes Kenji’s declaration explanatory and emphatic.
  • He is explaining how he plans to fix Hikari’s misunderstanding.

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