► 動詞
ぶっちゃける [(5)ぶっちゃける] [ぶっちゃけた話] [coll] [peer] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ ぶっちゃけた話、学校で教えることは何の役にも立たない ⇨ To tell you the truth, put it straight, what they teach you at the school, won’t do any good
► 成句
物 [(2)もの] [良くした物] meaning: truth rank: 2
☆ 世の中よくした物で、捨てる神があれば拾う神がある ⇨ Things somehow work out in this world. Some dumps it and then some picks it up (☛ Used when the speaker feels his statement is an universal truth)
► 名詞
真実 [(1)しんじつ] [liter] meaning: truth rank: 1
☆ 何が真実かは人によって異なる ⇨ What is truth depends on each person
実 [(2)じつ] meaning: truth rank: 1
☆ 実を言うと… ⇨ To tell you the truth…
実 [(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
本音 [ほんね] meaning: truth rank: 2
☆ 本音を言わせてもらえば、迷惑だ ⇨ If you let me really speak my mind, I don’t appreciate it (☛ The true feeling, opinion one has, usually privately)
本音 [ほんね] [本音を漏らす] meaning: truth rank: 2
☆ 彼はやっと本音を漏らした ⇨ He finally leaked, spoke of, his true feelings (☛ The true feeling, opinion one has, usually privately)
物 [(2)もの] meaning: truth rank: 2
☆ 人生とは思ったようには行かない物だ ⇨ Life won’t always go as you plan it. That’s the way life is (☛ Used when the speaker feels his statement is an universal truth)
☆ 何事も賛成する人がいれば反対する人がいる物だ ⇨ Whatever it is, some people agree and some people disagree (☛ Used when the speaker feels his statement is an universal truth)
☆ 物事は無理そうでも挑戦してみる物だ ⇨ You should challenge things even if they look difficult (because you never know) (☛ Used when the speaker feels his statement is an universal truth)
得体 [えたい] [得体が知れない] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 彼は得体が知れない奴だ ⇨ He is impossible to figure out
得体 [えたい] [得体の知れない] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 得体の知れない怪物 ⇨ A monster that nobody can figure out what it is
正体 [(1)しょうたい] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 妖怪め、正体を現せ！ ⇨ Show your true self, you monster!
☆ 正体不明の生物 ⇨ An unidentified organism
真相 [しんそう] [liter] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 事件の真相は未だ明らかになっていない ⇨ The truth of the incident, what really happened, is still not clear
☆ 報道されている事と真相は違った ⇨ What has been reported by the media and the truth were different (☛ A hidden, unrevealed, truth)
真理 [(1)しんり] [liter] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 絶対の真理 ⇨ An absolute truth
本性 [(1)ほんしょう] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 人間は困難にぶつかると本性が現れる ⇨ The true colors will come out when one encounters hardship
本心 [(1)ほんしん] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 彼はどうしても本心を語らない ⇨ He just won’t say what he really thinks, how he feels
もん [(1)もん] [物(もの)] [coll] [peer] meaning: truth rank: 3
☆ 駄目だと思っても試してみるもんだね ⇨ Even if you think it won’t work, you should try (because you never know) (☛ A colloquial form of もの)
誠 [まこと] [liter] meaning: truth rank: 4
☆ 嘘か誠か彼は超能力の持ち主ということだった ⇨ I don’t know if it is a lie or a truth, but he was reputed to possess supernatural power
☆ 誠のことを申せ ⇨ Tell me the truth