Confess and Express

Confess

Confess verb - To make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid.

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Express and confess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Express" instead a verb "Confess".

Express verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).

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Confess and express are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confess" instead a verb "Express".

love	confess love	express love
feeling	confess feeling	express feeling
affection	confess affection	express affection
friendship	confess friendship	express friendship
Other words: way, guilt, hatred, feelings, thoughts.

It's less justified in the Girl's Side games, which mostly don't have the "confess on Graduation Day" legend and thus rely instead on the guys simply not managing to clearly express their feelings before then.

Source: Franchise / Tokimeki Memorial
Tsuruko told Menma about Jintan's feelings, and then Yukiatsu and Anaru attempted to make Jintan confess his feelings about Menma in order to express their own feelings to the two, but Jintan ran off in denial.

Source: Anime / anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
In "Murder on the Western Express", Will and Kate tell two of the murder suspects that each of them has informed on the other (which neither of them has) in hopes that one of them will confess.

Source: Series / The Pinkertons