LingakuFrequency rank: 1,298.
- reality; actuality; hard factsee also 理想
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- reality; actuality; hard fact
- 2nd meaning of the word
This word is used to refer to the state of things as they actually exist, in contrast to an idealistic or notional idea of what could or should be.
It can also indicate the truth or correctness of something, without embellishment or distortion.
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Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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I agree on an emotional level, but on the pragmatic level I disagree.
Elementary and primary school children don't yet know good from evil or reality from fiction.
You couldn't say that was a plan with any sense of reality to it.
4. ぼく僕はもっとずっとあとに後に、かがくてつがく科学哲学をべんきょう勉強していたとき、じっけん実験というのはきそん既存のちしき知識にたいする対するげんじつ現実のふまん不満からしょうじる生じるべきものだということをまなんだ学んだ。
An experiment, I would learn much later when studying the philosophy of science, had to arise from a real dissatisfaction with existing knowledge.
His mother's prophecy that he would be a great musician was later fulfilled.
A long discussion boiled down to a realistic conclusion.
The third point to make is that Emmet attempted to harmonize his theory with the reality of designing.
I hope my boss will agree to my realistic plan.
Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.