► 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:
- 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
- 彼は実力も無いのに僻みっぽい ⇨ He is just not good but thinks he is unfairly treated
- 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.
- 上位チームの実力は伯仲している ⇨ The abilities of the top teams are close. They are evenly matched
- 実力で彼に並ぶ者はいない ⇨ Nobody is on the same level with him in ability. He is peerless
- 彼の程度の実力では世界では話にならない ⇨ His level of skills won’t get him anywhere in the world stage
- ツキの問題じゃなくて実力の問題だろう ⇨ It is not a matter of luck, it is a matter of how good you really are
- 政界の実力者 ⇨ A powerful person in the political world
- 彼は怪我で実力を発揮することが出来なかった ⇨ He wasn’t able to play up to his ability due to an injury
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 彼の野望と実力は釣り合いが取れていない ⇨ His ambitions and abilities are not balanced, proportionate
- 両者の実力の違いは歴然としている ⇨ The difference in class is obvious between the two