godan verb (-su), transitive verb
talk all night; talk the night away
Used when people stay up late into the night absorbed in conversation.
友達と朝まで語り明かした。
I talked all night with my friend until morning.
昔話を語り明かすのも楽しい。
It's also fun to spend the night telling old stories.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still used.
語り合う means to talk together or share stories, without the nuance of doing it until late at night.
Compound of 語り (kataru, 'to talk') and 明かす (akasu, 'to pass the night').