기실

• 기신 (gisin)

Cognate to Southwestern Korean 기신 (gisin), perhaps a Sino-Korean word from 氣神.

• IPA^(key): /kiɕʰiɭ/

기실 (gisil)

1. energy, vigor

Sino-Korean word from 其實, from 其 (“its”) + 實 (“truth”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kiɕʰiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [기실]

기실 • (gisil) (hanja 其實)

1. (somewhat literary) actually; as a matter of fact; in fact
   • 1967, 송병수 (Song Byeong-su), “정광호 군 [Mr. Jeong Gwang-ho]”, in 현대문학 (Hyeondae munhak):

     내가 듣기에는 그의 장광설에는 ^영, ^불, ^독, ^일 4개 국어가 적당히 혼용되어 있는 것 같았다. 기실 그는 어느 것 하나 능통하지는 못하지만 어느 것이든, 이를테면 ^우리말까지 합한 5개 국어를 적당히 구사할 줄 알았다.

     Nae-ga deutgi-e-neun geu-ui janggwangseor-e-neun Yeong, Bul, Dok, Il sagae gugeo-ga jeokdanghi honyongdoeeo inneun geot gatatda. Gisil geu-neun eoneu geot hana neungtonghaji-neun mothaji-man eoneu geos-ideun, ireultemyeon Urimal-kkaji haphan ogae gugeo-reul jeokdanghi gusahal jul aratda.

     To my ears, it seemed that four languages—English, French, German, and Japanese—were appropriately mixed into his long-winded yarn. In truth, he was not fluent in any of them, but he could speak any about well enough: five languages, so to speak, counting Korean.

   Synonyms: 사실(事實) (sasil), 실(實)로 (sillo)

기실 • (gisil) (hanja 其實)

1. (literary, chiefly before 은 (topic marker)) actual situation; reality
   • 1962, 김승옥 (Kim Seung'ok), 생명연습 [Exercise in Life]:

     우리 가족은 내가 국민학교도 졸업했으니, 라는 이유를 내세우긴 했지만 기실은 형의 죽음에 반 미쳐버리신 어머니가 서둘러서 환도가 있을 때 ^서울로 이사했는데 […]

     uri gajog-eun naega gungminhakgyo-do joreophaesseuni, raneun iyu-reul naese'ugin haetjiman gisil-eun hyeong-ui jugeum-e ban micheobeorisin eomeoni-ga seodulleoseo hwando-ga isseul ttae Seoul-lo isahaenneunde […]

     Our family gave the excuse that I had graduated from elementary school, but the reality was that my mother, who had gone half-insane upon the death of my older brother, had quickly moved to Seoul when the government moved back there [in 1951] […]

   Synonyms: 사실(事實) (sasil), 실(實) (sil)