実生活|じっせいかつjisseikatsu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounreal life; actual life; everyday life
    私の読よんだ冒険ぼうけん談だんは実生活じっせいかつとは縁遠えんどおい。↗
    The adventures I read about are absent from my life.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related実社会じっしゃかいNeutralThe real world of society, contrasted with school; stresses human relations and social activity, while 「実生活」 is about daily living itself.
  • Related実世界じっせかいNeutralThe real world, contrasted with the virtual; stresses the world that actually exists, not the living of daily life.
  • Antonym虚構きょこうNeutralAntonym: fiction or fabrication — something made up as if real; the opposite of 「実生活」.
  • Antonym空想くうそうNeutralAntonym: daydreams and fantasy, imagining things far removed from reality; opposed to actual life.
  • Antonym幻想げんそうNeutralAntonym: fantasy or illusion — picturing what does not exist as if it did; contrasted with real life.

Use 「実生活」 for the everyday life one actually leads, as in 「実生活で役立つ」. For society as opposed to school, say 「実社会」; against the virtual world, 「実世界」. The antonyms are 「空想」 and 「虚構」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 現実げんじつに営いとなむ日常生活にちじょうせいかつ。
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