実体|じったいjittai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounsubstance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality; true form
    An analysis of the nature of the heat island phenomenon and countermeasures.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related真実しんじつWrittenWritten/formal prose word for the truth or the real facts, as in 「真実を語る」; 「実体」 is about the actual substance of a thing.
  • RelatedリアルCasualColloquial loanword for lifelike, realistic, or real; 「実体」 points to the substance that actually exists.
  • Related実じつNeutralA neutral single character for truth or sincerity, as in 「実の親」; 「実体」 stresses the actual substance or content.
  • Related真しんWrittenWritten single character meaning true or genuine, as in 「真の姿」; 「実体」 stresses the substantive essence.
  • Related本当ほんとうNeutralA neutral, all-purpose word for true or real; 「実体」 is the objectively existing substance or content of something.
  • Related正身そうじみWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for the person in question or the genuine article; 「実体」 is a thing's actual substance.
  • Antonym虚像きょぞうWrittenWritten word for an optical virtual image or a crafted false image — the opposite of the really existing 「実体」.
  • Antonym幻まぼろしNeutralA neutral word for a phantom or illusion, something insubstantial — the opposite of the actually existing 「実体」.

Use 「実体」 for the actual substance or entity behind something, as in 「実体経済」 or 「実体のない会社」. For the truth say 「真実」, for real/true 「本当」, for lifelike 「リアル」; 「虚像」 and 「幻」 are its opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 実質じっしつを有ゆうする事物じぶつ。
  2. そのままの状態じょうたいのもの。実物じつぶつどおりのもの。
  3. 事物じぶつの性質せいしつなどを根拠こんきょづけつつ、同一性どういつせいを保たもって自存じそんするもの。真しんに実在じつざいするもの。本質ほんしつ。
  4. 分子ぶんし実体じったい。
  5. 形式的けいしきてきに実じつな体からだのこと。
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