実際

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

Pronunciation

    Noun

    実(じっ)際(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)は投票箱(とうひょうばこ)の上(うえ)のみに訪(おとず)れる訳(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

    実(じっ)際(さい) • (jissai) 

    1. indeed, in fact, actually

    Derived terms

    References
    1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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