name and reality; nominal and actual status; form and substance
Refers to both the outward name, title, or reputation and the actual substance behind it. Especially common in expressions like 名実ともに, meaning that something is so both nominally and in fact.
She is the central figure of this research institute both in name and in reality.
新しい制度はまだ名実が伴っていない。
The new system still does not match its name in substance.