► 名詞
実力 [じつりょく] meaning: ability rank: 1
☆ 彼は口ばかりで実力は無い ⇨ He’s all talk and no ability, substance (☛ Literally means “real power”)
☆ 彼女はやっと実力を発揮する機会を得た ⇨ She finally got a chance to show her true abilities (☛ Literally means “real power”)
実力 [じつりょく] meaning: force rank: 3
☆ 我々は実力行使も厭わない ⇨ We won’t shy away from using physical force
More examples:
- 彼の他を寄せ付けない実力 ⇨ His ability that won’t let others come close. His peerless ability
- 彼の実力では世界の足元にも及ばない ⇨ His performance is not even at the feet of the world, not close to the world level
- あいつは口は大きいが実力が伴わない ⇨ He has a big mouth, talks big, but is not actually very good
- プロスポーツは実力至上主義だ ⇨ In pro sports you are judged by your performance above all else. Pro sports are meritocracy.
- 彼女は実力を付けてきた ⇨ She has been gaining on, improving, her performance
- 彼の実力は世界の一流と比べても勝るとも劣らない ⇨ His ability is not worse if not better, even when compared with the world’s best
- 彼等の実力はどっこいどっこいだ ⇨ Their capabilities are neck and neck
- 彼の実力は比較にならない ⇨ His ability is beyond comparison
- あいつの実力は半端じゃない ⇨ His ability is extraordinary
- 彼は実力を世界に知らしめた ⇨ He let the world know his true ability
- 彼の実力は頭抜けている ⇨ His ability is head and shoulder above the rest
- 実力発揮の絶好の機会 ⇨ The best chance to show your true ability
- 彼等の実力には雲泥の差がある ⇨ The difference of their abilities is like cloud and mud, not even close
- 彼女は実力を発揮する機会を奪われた ⇨ She was robbed of an opportunity to demonstrate her abilities
- 彼等の実力には随分な差が有る ⇨ There is a fair amount of gap between their abilities