事実 (じじつ) Japanese meaning

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Kanji

真しん実じつN2
真実 emphasizes a deeper, often emotional or philosophical truth, while 事実 refers to objective, verifiable facts.
現げん実じつN3
現実 describes the actual state of things, often with a harsh or unavoidable nuance, whereas 事実 is a specific factual statement or piece of information.
史し実じつ
事実 means any general fact or truth, while 史実 narrows this to a fact confirmed by historical record, and the two words also sound very similar so learners often mix them up.
真しん相そうN1
事実 refers to a concrete, verifiable fact, whereas 真相 is the deeper truth that ties those facts together, often uncovered after investigation.

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本ほん当とうN5
事実 refers to an objective, verifiable fact, whereas 本当 covers truth or factuality more broadly and also works as a na-adjective meaning genuine or real.
現げんにN2
事実 is a noun meaning 'fact' that can be used adverbially at the start of a sentence, while 現に is a true adverb dedicated to emphasizing concrete evidence.
真しん理りN1
事実 refers to a concrete fact or actual occurrence, while 真理 denotes a deeper, universal truth or principle.

虚きょ偽ぎ
虚偽 means falsehood or a fabricated lie, the direct opposite of 事実, which is something objectively true.
でっち上あげ
事実 means the actual truth or fact, the direct opposite of a でっち上げ, which is entirely invented.
虚きょ構こうN1
事実 means an actual fact, the direct opposite of 虚構, which denotes something fabricated or untrue.

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実じっ際さいN3
実際 means 'in practice/actually' and describes how things really are in a situation, while 事実 refers to a discrete, verifiable fact.
事じ実じつ無む根こん
事実 simply means 'fact', whereas 事実無根 means the opposite — that something has no basis in fact — so learners should not mistake the two for synonyms.
時じ事じ
時事 (じじ, current affairs) and 事実 (じじつ, fact) sound similar but are unrelated in meaning, so learners often mix up the two readings.

Compound of 事 (thing, matter) and 実 (truth, reality). The combination has been used since classical Chinese to mean 'actual fact'.