実際(じっさい)

じっさい
noun
reality, actually
1. reality, actuality, practice
What really exists or happens, as opposed to theory or imagination.
理論(りろん)と実際(じっさい)は違(ちが)う。
Theory and practice are different.
実際(じっさい)の生活(せいかつ)はもっと大変(たいへん)だ。
Actual life is much harder.
写真(しゃしん)で見(み)るのと実際(じっさい)に見(み)るのとでは、全然(ぜんぜん)印象(いんしょう)が違(ちが)う。
Seeing something in photos versus seeing it in reality gives a completely different impression.
2. actually, in fact, really
Used adverbially to emphasize the truth or reality of something.
実際(じっさい)に見(み)てみないと分(わ)からない。
You won't understand unless you actually see it.
実際(じっさい)は違(ちが)うんです。
Actually, it's different.
実際(じっさい)に行(い)ってみたら、思(おも)ったより静(しず)かだった。
When I actually went there, it was quieter than I expected.

Functions as both a noun and an adverb.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 実際(じっさい)に (actually, in reality)
  • 実際(じっさい)は (in fact, actually)
  • 実際(じっさい)の + noun (実際(じっさい)の問題(もんだい) = actual problem)
  • 実際(じっさい)に会(あ)う (meet in person)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 実(じつ)は - actually, to tell the truth (more confession-like)
  • 本当(ほんとう)は - really, in truth
  • 現実(げんじつ) - reality (noun only)

Related Words

Synonym: 実(じつ)は (actually, to be honest)
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Added 2026.1.11 21:19 · Revised 2026.2.23 13:05
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