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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:
  • 社長だが実権はい ⇨ He is a CEO but doesn’t have the real power, authority
  • 実際にけるまでどうなるからない ⇨ You won’t know until you actually open the lid, let it start, see it happen, do it
  • 彼女は実力をけてきた ⇨ She has been gaining on, improving, her performance
  • この技術には実用性が余り無い ⇨ This technology doesn’t have much practicality
  • 説明してもかりにくだろうから実演してみせます ⇨ I guess it is hard to understand just with words, so I will perform it live and show you
  • 見栄えはしないが実は物凄だ ⇨ He doesn’t look the part, but is actually super sharp
  • たとえ理論的可能でも現実的でない ⇨ It is not practical even if it is theoretically possible
  • 今回の実験には大き収穫があった ⇨ We had a big harvest, learned a lot, from this experiment
  • その計画は現実的でない ⇨ The plan is not realistic
  • 自立して生活したいというのは障害者にとって切実ないだ ⇨ The wish to live independently is extremely serious for disabled people
  • 妊娠した実感が未だかない ⇨ It still hasn’t sunk in that I’m pregnant
  • かったつもりだったが、実はかっていなかった ⇨ I thought I understood it, but actually I didn’t
  • たして実験は成功した ⇨ The experiment was successful as expected, predicted
  • 言うだけでなくて実行しろ ⇨ Don’t just talk, do it, make it happen
  • 彼等選挙の実況報告一喜一憂している ⇨ They are watching the live reports of the election and sometimes become happy, sometimes worried