実際

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じつ > じっ
Grade: 3
さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
實際 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

    Noun

    (じっ)(さい) • (jissai) 

    1. practice (as opposed to theory)
    2. actual condition, actuality
      • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
        実際(じっさい)のところ、改革(かいかく)投票箱(とうひょうばこ)(うえ)のみに(おとず)れる(わけ)ではない。
        Jissai no tokoro, kaikaku wa tōhyōbako no ue nomi ni otozureru wake de wa nai.
        For the fact is, real reform does not come at the ballot box alone.
    3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) status quo

    Adverb

    (じっ)(さい) • (jissai) 

    1. indeed, in fact, actually

    Derived terms

    References

    1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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