実態|じったいjittai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nountrue state; actual condition; reality
   死亡しぼう事例じれいが19件けんと全体ぜんたいの20％を超こえており、過労死かろうしの深刻しんこくな実態じったいが浮き彫うきぼりになった。↗

   With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.

• Synonym実相じっそうWrittenWritten/formal prose for the true nature of things; also a Buddhist term, as in 「諸法実相」; carries a philosophical flavor.
• Synonym現実げんじつNeutralReality as opposed to ideals, as in 「現実は厳しい」; leans toward the objective world.
• Synonym実際じっさいNeutralCovers actual conditions and also works as an adverb meaning 'actually', as in 「実際の数字」; broad in use, while 「実態」 suggests inside facts found by investigation.
• Synonym真相しんそうNeutralRefers to the truth of an incident, as in 「真相を究明する」; leans toward facts that were hidden.
• Related事実じじつNeutralRefers to something that actually happened, as in 「事実を認める」; leans toward individual facts, while 「実態」 covers the overall true situation.
• Antonym虚像きょぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose; a false image that does not match reality, standing opposite to 「実態」 as the true state.

Use 「実態」 for the true state behind the surface, common in investigative reporting, as in 「実態調査」 and 「実態を把握する」. For individual facts say 「事実」, for hidden truths 「真相」; the opposite of 「実態」 is 「虚像」.

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1. ありのままの状態じょうたい。実際じっさいの様子ようす。実情じつじょう。