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実効 (じっこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Meanings 1
noun
practical effect ; efficacy ; effective operation
Refers to actual, working effect in practice, not just formal existence or theoretical effect. Often used in official-sounding phrases such as 実効を確保する and 実効ある対策.
新あたら しい 対たい 策さく は 、 まだ 十じゅう 分ぶん な 実じっ 効こう を 上あ げ て い ない 。
The new measures have not yet produced sufficient practical results.
Kanji 効 merit, efficacy, efficiency Similar words 効こう 果か A broader and more everyday word for an effect or result; 実効 stresses whether something actually works in practice.
効こう 力りょく Often refers to force, validity, or legal effect; 実効 focuses more on practical efficacy or real-world effectiveness.
実じっ 効こう 性せい Means 'practical effectiveness' or 'enforceability' as a quality; 実効 is the actual effect or working efficacy itself.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 実, associated with what is real or actual, and 効, associated with effect or efficacy; the spelling transparently reflects the meaning 'actual effect.'
