実じっ際さいに

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Meanings

Used to emphasize that something is true in reality, often contrasting with expectations or assumptions. Common in both spoken and written Japanese.

実じっ際さいに〈動どう詞し〉てみるto actually try doing something and see for oneself
実じっ際さいにやってみると意い外がいと簡かん単たんだった。
When I actually tried it, it turned out to be surprisingly easy.
実じっ際さいに〈事こと〉を見みるto see something in person / firsthand
写しゃ真しんではなく実じっ際さいに絵えを見みた方ほうがいい。
It's better to see the painting in person rather than in a photo.
実じっ際さいに〈場ば所しょ〉へ行いくto actually go to a place (rather than just hear or read about it)
実じっ際さいに現げん地ちへ行いって調ちょう査さした。
I actually went to the site to investigate.

本ほん当とうにN5sense 1
本当に emphasizes emotional truth or sincerity ('really, truly'), while 実際に stresses factual reality as opposed to assumption.
実じつはN4sense 1
実は introduces a hidden or surprising truth ('to tell the truth'), while 実際に simply confirms that something is true in reality.
現げんにN2sense 2
現に points to concrete, observable proof ('as a matter of fact, with one's own eyes'), while 実際に more broadly contrasts reality with expectation or theory.
事じ実じつ上じょう
実際に means 'actually' or 'in reality' for concrete, factual situations, while 事実上 emphasizes a practical state that may differ from the official or formal one.
文も字じ通どおりN1
文字通り highlights that an expression should be taken at face value, whereas 実際に simply means 'in reality' regardless of how something was phrased.

表ひょう面めん上じょう sense 2
表面上 describes how things appear on the surface, while 実際に describes how things truly are in practice.

実じっ際さいN3
実際 is the noun/adverb meaning 'reality' or 'actually', while 実際に adds に to explicitly function as an adverb modifying a verb or clause.

Compound of 実際 (jissai, 'reality') + adverbial particle に (ni).