実み

noun

fruit; nut; seed

A broad word for what a plant bears: fruit, nuts, berries, or seed-like products. Common in phrases such as 実がなる, 木の実, 草の実, and 松の実.

• 庭にわの柿かきの木きに実みがなった。

  The persimmon tree in the garden bore fruit.

• リスが木きの実みを集あつめている。

  A squirrel is gathering nuts.

• 草くさの実みがズボンについた。

  Grass seeds stuck to my pants.

noun

solid ingredients in soup; pieces in broth

Culinary use for the solid pieces in soup or broth, especially in expressions like みそ汁の実. The more general word 具 is also very common.

• 今日きょうのみそ汁しるの実みは豆とう腐ふとわかめだ。

  The solid ingredients in today's miso soup are tofu and wakame.

noun

substance; real content

Figurative use for meaningful substance or real content, most often in set phrases such as 実のある and 実のない.

• 短みじかい会かい議ぎだったが、実みのある話はなし合あいができた。

  It was a short meeting, but we had a substantive discussion.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは長ながいだけで実みがない。

  His explanation is just long and has no real substance.