現げん実じつ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

noun

reality; actuality; hard fact

Refers to the real world as opposed to ideals, dreams, or illusions. Often contrasted with 理想 (ideal).

Usage patterns

現げん実じつを受うけ入いれるto accept reality
つらい現げん実じつを受うけ入いれるしかなかった。
I had no choice but to accept the harsh reality.
現げん実じつから逃にげるto run away from reality
彼かれはいつも現げん実じつから逃にげている。
He is always running away from reality.
現げん実じつに直ちょく面めんするto confront/face reality
会かい社しゃが倒とう産さんし、彼かれは現げん実じつに直ちょく面めんした。
When the company went bankrupt, he had to face reality.
現げん実じつを直ちょく視しするto squarely face/look at reality
現げん実じつを直ちょく視しすることが大たい切せつだ。
It's important to look reality straight in the eye.
〈事こと〉が現げん実じつになるfor something to become reality
彼かれの夢ゆめがついに現げん実じつになった。
His dream finally became reality.

Kanji

現present, existing, actual
実reality, truth, seed

Related words· 8

事じ実じつN3
事実 refers to a specific, verifiable fact or piece of truth, while 現実 refers to the broader condition of the real world.
実じっ際さいN3
実際 is often used adverbially to mean 'in practice' or 'actually', while 現実 is the noun for the state of reality itself.
リアリティ
現実 is the everyday native Japanese word for actual reality, while リアリティ is a loanword more often used for the 'sense of realism' conveyed by media, art, or performance.
三さん次じ元げん
現実 is the neutral, everyday word for 'reality', while 三次元 in this sense is otaku slang for the real world as opposed to anime/manga.

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実じっ相そう
現実 is the everyday word for reality or actuality, while 実相 is more formal and often implies a deeper or hidden truth behind appearances.
リアルN1
現実 is a formal noun meaning 'reality', while リアル is a casual loanword used mainly as an adjective meaning 'realistic' or 'true to life'.
現げん状じょうN3
現実 means 'reality' and often carries a nuance of harsh or unavoidable truth, whereas 現状 is a neutral description of the present condition.
実じっ態たいN1
現実 is a broad, general term for reality itself, whereas 実態 refers narrowly to the concrete facts of a specific matter being examined.

Opposites· 12

理り想そうN3
理想 is the ideal or dream one aspires to, while 現実 is the actual state of things as they are.
空くう想そうN2
現実 means reality, the concrete opposite of the imagined, unreal world of 空想.
ファンタジー
現実 means reality, the direct opposite of the imaginative, make-believe world implied by ファンタジー.

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幻まぼろしN1
現実 is reality, the direct opposite of 幻, which is something unreal or illusory.
妄もう想そう
現実 is objective reality, standing in contrast to 妄想, which is a belief detached from that reality.
イリュージョン
現実 means reality, the direct opposite of イリュージョン, which denotes something that only appears to be real.
夢ゆめN5
現実 means reality, standing in direct contrast to 夢 when it refers to something unreal, illusory, or merely imagined.
仮か想そう
現実 means actual reality, the direct opposite of 仮想, which describes something virtual or hypothetical rather than real.
幻げん想そうN1
現実 is reality, the actual state of things, directly opposed to 幻想, an unreal fantasy or illusion.
夢む幻げん
現実 means 'reality', the concrete opposite of the illusory, dreamlike state evoked by 夢幻.
夢む想そうN1
現実 means reality, the concrete opposite of the fanciful, unreal vision described by 夢想.
虚きょ構こうN1
現実 refers to actual reality, contrasting with 虚構, which is a constructed or imagined falsehood.

Don't confuse with

実じつ現げんN3
実現 means 'to realize/make come true' (an action), whereas 現実 is the noun 'reality'; learners often mix up the reversed kanji order.

Word family· 20

現げん実じつ味み
sense of reality; realism; authenticity; viability
現げん実じつ離ばなれ
unreality; being out of touch with reality
現げん実じつ的てきN3
realistic; pragmatic
現げん実じつ化か
realization; actualization; materialization
現げん実じつ性せい
realism; practicality; feasibility

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現げん実じつ感かん
sense of reality
現げん実じつ界かい
the real world; reality; the actual world
超ちょう現げん実じつ
hyperreality; surrealism
非ひ現げん実じつ
unreality; non-reality
拡かく張ちょう現げん実じつ
augmented reality; AR
現げん実じつ主しゅ義ぎ
realism
現げん実じつ問もん題だい
practical problem; practical matter

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Etymology

Compound of 現 (appear, present) and 実 (fruit, reality). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination has been used to express 'reality' since at least the Meiji period.