1.
harvest, crop, ripening of fruit
The ripening or bearing of fruit and grain. Refers to the agricultural process of crops reaching maturity and being ready for harvest.
秋は実りの季節だ。
Autumn is the season of harvest.
今年は米の実りがよかった。
The rice harvest was good this year.
台風の影響で果物の実りが悪くなった。
The fruit harvest worsened due to the typhoon.
2.
fruition, results, rewards
The successful outcome or productive results of effort, work, or study. A figurative extension of the agricultural meaning.
努力の実りだ。
It's the fruit of one's effort.
実りある話し合いだった。
It was a fruitful discussion.
長年の研究がようやく実りを迎えた。
Years of research have finally borne fruit.
USAGE:
Sense 1 is common in agricultural and seasonal contexts. Sense 2 is widely used in everyday conversation and writing to describe the successful outcomes of work, study, or perseverance. The adjective form 実りある (fruitful, productive) is a set expression.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 実りの秋: autumn harvest, fruitful autumn
- 実りある: fruitful, productive
- 努力の実り: fruits of effort
- 実りを迎える: to bear fruit, to come to fruition
- 実りが多い: bountiful harvest; very productive