現実

げんじつ

reality, actuality

Mnemonic

You had it worked out on paper. Then the thing itself turns up, harder and colder than the version in your head. The same gen げん as 現場, and another jitsu じつ throw: げんじつ.

Built from

現

appear, present

王 jewel + 見 see

実

real, fruit

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

Words sharing these kanji

現れる to appear, to emerge 現在 present time, now 現場 actual spot, job site 現状 present condition 実は actually, the truth is 事実 fact, truth 確実 certain, secure 実際 reality, actuality 真実 truth, reality 実力 real ability, capability 実に truly, surely

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