JLPT N3 · Noun / adverb

実際 (jissai)

実際 (じっさい, jissai) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “reality; actuality”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: じっさい
Romaji: jissai
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

reality; actuality; truth; fact; actual conditions · noun, noun taking の
practice (as opposed to theory) · noun
truly; really; indeed; actually · adverb
bhutakoti (limit of reality) · noun

Example sentences

この物語は実際の出来事に基づいている。

This story is based on actual events.

Tatoeba #219937

理論と実際とは必ずしも一致しない。

Theory and practice do not necessarily go together.

Tatoeba #78359

人間は実際自然のなすがままである。

Man is indeed at the mercy of nature.

Tatoeba #144274

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 実際

実

reality, truth, seedジツ・シツ・み・みの.る · 8 strokes

際

occasion, side, edgeサイ・きわ・-ぎわ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 実際.

実みfruit事実じじつfact実験じっけんexperiment実現じつげんimplementation (e.g. of a system)実行じっこうexecution (e.g. of a plan)実施じっしenforcement実にじつにreally実はじつはas a matter of fact実力じつりょく(real) ability確実かくじつcertain現実げんじつreality果実かじつfruit口実こうじつexcuse実感じっかんreal feeling

Source: JMdict entry 1321110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.