真しん意い

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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Refers to what someone really means or intends, often when it is hidden behind words or actions. Common in formal and written contexts.

真しん

意い

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かね

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いる

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I can't quite grasp the real meaning behind his words.

その発はつ言げんの真しん意いは、改かい革かくを急いそぐべきだということだ。

The true intention behind that statement is that we should hurry the reforms.

〈人ひと〉の真しん意いを探さぐるto try to figure out someone's true intention
彼かれの発はつ言げんの真しん意いを探さぐろうとした。
I tried to figure out the true intention behind his remark.
真しん意いを確たしかめるto confirm what someone really means
本ほん人にんに直ちょく接せつ会あって真しん意いを確たしかめたい。
I want to meet him directly and confirm what he really means.
真しん意いが分わからないto not understand someone's true intention
上じょう司しの指し示じの真しん意いが分わからず困こまっている。
I'm confused because I don't understand the true intent of my boss's instructions.
〈人ひと〉の真しん意いを問とうto question someone about their true intention
記き者しゃは大だい臣じんの真しん意いを問といただした。
The reporter pressed the minister to explain his true intention.

本ほん音ねN2
本音 is someone's honest private feeling (often opposed to 建前), while 真意 is the real intention or meaning hidden behind a specific statement or act.
意い図とN2
意図 is a neutral word for a plan or aim, while 真意 stresses the deeper, often concealed truth behind someone's words or behavior.
本ほん心しんN1
本心 refers to one's true heart or genuine feelings, while 真意 focuses more narrowly on the true meaning or motive behind a particular remark or action.
本ほん意い
真意 emphasizes a hidden or deeper meaning behind someone's words or actions, while 本意 focuses on one's genuine will or original purpose.
本ほん旨し
真意 focuses on the true, often hidden meaning behind someone's words or actions, whereas 本旨 refers to the stated or intended core purpose.

善ぜん意いN1
善意 (goodwill, good faith) and 真意 (true intention/meaning) share the kanji 意 but describe completely different concepts, so they are easy to mix up at a glance.
意い義ぎN2
意義 means the significance or point of something, whereas 真意 means the real intention or true meaning a person actually has in mind.
真しん偽ぎN1
真意 means someone's 'true intention', not 'truth or falsehood' like 真偽, and the two are easy to mix up because of the shared 真 character.

Compound of 真 (true, real) and 意 (mind, meaning, intention). The reading しんい follows standard on'yomi.