noun
true account; authentic record; history
Refers to a factual, reliable written record of events, often used in historical or documentary contexts.
この本は戦争の実記として貴重だ。
This book is valuable as a true account of the war.
彼の日記は当時の生活の実記である。
His diary is an authentic record of life at that time.
Compound of 実 (truth, reality) and 記 (record, chronicle). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for factual documentation.