実力

じつりょく

real ability, capability

Mnemonic

The power you actually have rather than the one printed on the certificate. The same jitsu じつ again, and the two of them are level: じつりょく.

Built from

実

real, fruit

宀 a roof with the crop safe underneath. What a thing turned out to actually be.

力

power, strength

An arm bent hard at the elbow, drawn in a single stroke.

Words sharing these kanji

実は actually, the truth is 事実 fact, truth 現実 reality, actuality 確実 certain, secure 実際 reality, actuality 真実 truth, reality 実に truly, surely 力 strength, power 能力 ability, capacity 協力 cooperation, collaboration 努力 endeavor, effort 全力 with all of one's strength, at full capacity

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