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実際

じっさい

reality, actuality

Mnemonic

The real thing at the exact edge where it meets you, rather than the version in the description. Another jitsu じっ, and a sigh さい when you see him: he is not that tall: じっさい.

Worth knowing

現実 げんじつ is reality as the whole state of things. 実際 is in actual fact, set against whatever was claimed.

Built from

real, fruit
宀 a roof with the crop safe underneath. What a thing turned out to actually be.
edge, occasion
阝 a hill on the left and the edge where it runs up against everything else. The moment two things touch.

Words sharing these kanji

actually, the truth is fact, truth reality, actuality certain, secure truth, reality real ability, capability truly, surely occasion, time

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