実じっ体たい

noun

substance; entity; actual existence

Refers to something as a real existing thing or substance, rather than an idea, appearance, or name only. In more technical or philosophical contexts it can mean an entity or underlying subject.

• 幽ゆう霊れいには実じっ体たいがないと言いう人ひともいる。

  Some people say that ghosts have no physical substance.

• データベースでは、顧こ客きゃくを一ひとつの実じっ体たいとして扱あつかう。

  In a database, a customer is treated as a single entity.

noun

real substance; actual content; reality behind appearances

Often used when asking whether something has concrete content, operations, assets, or substance behind its outward form, as in 実体がない or 実体を伴う.

• その会かい社しゃには資し本ほんも社しゃ員いんもなく、実じっ体たいがなかった。

  The company had no capital or employees, and lacked any real substance.

• 制せい度どはあるが、実じっ体たいが伴ともなっていない。

  The system exists, but it has no real content behind it.

noun

true form; true nature; essence

Used for the real nature or form of something that was hidden, unclear, or only partly understood. Common with verbs such as 明らかになる, つかむ, and 調べる.

• 調ちょう査さで組そ織しきの実じっ体たいが明あきらかになった。

  The investigation revealed the true nature of the organization.

• 彼かれらの活かつ動どうの実じっ体たいはまだ分わかっていない。

  The real nature of their activities is still unknown.