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► 成句
  [み]  [実を結ぶ]    meaning:  success  rank: 2
☆ 長年努力に実を結んだ ⇨ Years of hard work finally bore fruit

► 名詞
  [(2)じつ]    meaning:  real  rank: 1
☆ 彼等は実のだ ⇨ They are real mother and daughter  (☛ Usually about family relationship)

  [(2)じつ]  [実に]    meaning:  real  rank: 1
☆ 億万長者球団オーナーけるために税金野球場をつくるなんて実にバカらしい ⇨ It is really stupid to build a stadium with tax money so that a billionaire owner can make more money

  [(2)じつ]    meaning:  truth  rank: 1
☆ 実を言うと… ⇨ To tell you the truth…

  [(2)じつ]  [実は]    meaning:  truth  rank: 1
☆ 彼女は実はスパイだった ⇨ The truth was that she was a spy

  [み]    meaning:  fruit  rank: 2
☆ オリーブの実がなった ⇨ Olive fruits have grown

  [み]  [coll]  [humorous]    meaning:  substance  rank: 2
☆ をこいたら実がてしまった ⇨ Solid came out when I farted

  [み]    meaning:  substance  rank: 2
☆ 実の ⇨ A story, deal, with no substance  (☛ Useful, meaningful, substance)


More examples:
  • この映画は実話にづいている ⇨ The movie is based on a real, actual, story
  • 日本は70年代には実共に世界経済大国成長した (めいじつともに) ⇨ Japan grew into a world economy power both in name and reality by the 70’s
  • 経済は着実に回復している ⇨ The economy is steadily recovering
  • 実業界の大立者 ⇨ Big shots in the business world
  • 人間社会醜悪な現実 ⇨ The ugly realities of human society
  • いていたが、実際には活動していなかった ⇨ He was officially a member of the political party although had never been active
  • 部品ネジで確実に固定すること ⇨ Fix the part securely with screws
  • 両者の実力のいは歴然としている ⇨ The difference in class is obvious between the two
  • ど実入りの商売 ⇨ 
  • は実直なだ ⇨ He is a honest man
  • は実例をげて説明した ⇨ He explained using real examples
  • 現実から逃避しても解決しない ⇨ You don’t solve anything by escaping from the reality
  • ブラウン最初内燃エンジンを実用化した ⇨ Brown put the first combustion engine into practice
  • 薄氷踏むいで作戦を実行した ⇨ We executed the operation feeling like walking on thin ice
  • あいつは大きいが実力がわない ⇨ He has a big mouth, talks big, but is not actually very good