現実|げんじつgenjitsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounreality; actuality; hard fact
   いい加減かげんに現実げんじつをみつめろ。↗

   Open your eyes to reality.

• Synonym実際じっさいNeutralThe actual situation or what really happens, as in 「実際にやってみる」; stresses practice as opposed to theory, while 「現実」 stresses the hard facts before you.
• Synonym事実じじつNeutralAn objective fact that actually happened, as in 「事実を認める」; the emphasis is on what really took place, not on the situation facing you.
• Synonym実態じったいWrittenWritten word for the true state of things, as in 「実態調査」; stresses the actual conditions revealed by investigation.
• Synonym真実しんじつNeutralThe truth as opposed to falsehood, as in 「真実を語る」; the focus is on whether something is true or false, not on reality at hand.
• Synonym実相じっそうWrittenWritten term for the true nature of all things in Buddhist philosophy, or the real state of affairs; religious and philosophical in tone.
• SynonymリアリティNeutralLoanword for a sense of realism, as in 「リアリティがない」; judges how convincing or lifelike something feels, not reality itself.
• Synonym現つうつつWrittenWritten word for reality or wakefulness, mostly in 「夢うつつ」; literary in flavor and rare in daily conversation.
• Related真相しんそうNeutralThe truth of an incident, as in 「真相を究明する」; points to hidden facts behind an event rather than reality in general.
• Antonym夢ゆめNeutralThe opposite of 「現実」: a dream, whether slept or hoped for, as in 「夢と現実」.
• Antonym理想りそうNeutralThe opposite of 「現実」: the ideal state of things, as in 「理想と現実の差」.
• Antonym幻想げんそうNeutralThe opposite of 「現実」: a fantasy imagined as real, as in 「幻想を抱く」.

For reality in general, 「現実」 is the default. Use 「実際」 for the actual situation, 「事実」 for objective facts, 「実態」 for conditions found by investigation, 「真相」 for the hidden truth of an incident, and 「リアリティ」 for a sense of realism. 「夢」, 「理想」 and 「幻想」 are its opposites.

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1. 目めの前まえにあるありのままの事実じじつ。