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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

実じっ体たい

jittai

actual substance, reality

Example sentences

  1. 張はりぼての景気けいきをつくってきたが、実体じったい経済けいざいは低調ていちょうのままだ。

    This created a sham upswing, but the real economy is still sluggish.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 肉体にくたいはなく、実体じったいではないので、朧おぼろに見みえたと考かんがえられる。

    Yurei are only faintly seen, as they lack physical form or substance.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 漢字かんじだけが日本にっぽんに入はいってきたが、その文字もじが指さす実体じったいは日本にっぽんにはなかったということになる。

    It means that these Chinese characters were imported to Japan where the entity of these characters did not exist.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 実体

  • 実reality; truthOnジツ・シツKunみ・みのる・まこと
  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち

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