真しん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

truth; reality; genuineness; seriousness

Refers to what is true, real, or genuine, and by extension to an earnest or serious quality. Common in formal-feeling phrases such as 真の and 真に迫る rather than as a casual everyday standalone noun.

• 彼かの女じょは真しんの友ゆう人じんだ。

  She is a true friend.

• その俳はい優ゆうの演えん技ぎは真しんに迫せまっていた。

  That actor's performance felt very realistic.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばには真しんがあった。

  There was sincerity in his words.

noun

truth; true value

Technical use in logic, opposed to 偽, where a proposition or statement is evaluated as true.

Antonyms: 偽

• 命めい題だいPが真しんなら、命めい題だいQも真しんである。

  If proposition P is true, proposition Q is also true.

noun

regular script; printed-style writing

Calligraphy-related use referring to a block or regular style of writing, essentially 楷書, especially in contrast with more cursive styles.

See also: 楷書

• 書しょ道どうでは、真しん・行ぎょう・草そうの三みっつの書しょ体たいを学まなぶ。

  In calligraphy, one studies the three styles: regular, semi-cursive, and cursive.

noun

star performer; headliner

Abbreviated use for 真打ち, a top or final performer in traditional entertainment such as rakugo. This standalone abbreviation is limited and should not be treated as the normal everyday word for a star performer.

See also: 真打ち

• 寄席よせの番ばん組ぐみで「真しん」は真しん打うちの略りゃくとして使つかわれることがある。

  In a vaudeville theater program, 真 may be used as an abbreviation for the headliner, 真打ち.