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真実

しんじつ

truth, reality

Mnemonic

True and real at once, and the point of the word is that there is only ever one of it. The same jujitsu じつ throw as 実は, this time off the shin しん: しんじつ.

Worth knowing

事実 じじつ is a fact, a thing that happened. 真実 is the truth of the matter, and 本当 ほんとう is the everyday word.

Built from

truth, real
A lid over something set down straight and true underneath it. Nothing altered on the way.
real, fruit
宀 a roof with the crop safe underneath. What a thing turned out to actually be.

Words sharing these kanji

photograph serious, sincere serious, earnest deep red imitation, mimicry straight ahead, straightforward actually, the truth is fact, truth reality, actuality certain, secure reality, actuality real ability, capability

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