JLPT N1 · な-adjective

真実 (shinjitsu)

真実 (しんじつ, shinjitsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “truth; reality”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しんじつ
Romaji: shinjitsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

truth; reality · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective
truly; really · adverb
absolute truth · noun

Example sentences

その真実が明るみに出た。

The fact was brought to light.

Tatoeba #208800

私たちにとっては耳の痛い「真実」でしたが、この映画を観て地球の危機を改めて感じました。

It's a painful 'truth' for us, but watching this movie brought home to me again the danger facing Earth.

Tatoeba #398127

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

Conjugation of 真実

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	真実だ	しんじつだ shinjitsuda
Present (polite)	真実です	しんじつです shinjitsudesu
Negative	真実じゃない	しんじつじゃない shinjitsujanai
Past	真実だった	しんじつだった shinjitsudatta
Negative past	真実じゃなかった	しんじつじゃなかった shinjitsujanakatta
Te-form	真実で	しんじつで shinjitsude
Before a noun	真実な	しんじつな shinjitsuna
Adverb (~ni)	真実に	しんじつに shinjitsuni

Kanji in 真実

真

true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes

実

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真実.

写真しゃしんphotograph真面目まじめserious真剣しんけんserious真似まねimitating真理しんりtruth真っ赤まっかbright red真空しんくうvacuum真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark真っ黒まっくろpitch-black真っ青まっさおdeep blue真っ先まっさきthe head真っ白まっしろpure white真似るまねるto mimic真珠しんじゅpearl

Source: JMdict entry 1363780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.