Japanese

Noun

事実 ‎(hiragana じじつ, romaji jijitsu)

1. fact; truth; reality
2. (as a) a matter of fact, actually, the fact (of the matter)

Derived terms

• 既成事実 (きせいじじつ) ‎(kiseijijitsu), 既成 (きせい)の事実 (じじつ) ‎(kisei no jijitsu)
• 事実上 (じじつじょう) ‎(jijitsujō)
• 事実無根 (じじつむこん) ‎(jijitsumukon)
• 事実 (じじつ)に照 (て)らして ‎(jijitsu ni terashite)
• 事実 (じじつ)を曲 (ま)げる ‎(jijitsu o mageru)
• 事実関係 (じじつかんけい) ‎(jijitsukankei)
• 事実誤認 (じじつごにん) ‎(jijitsugonin)
• 事実調査 (じじつちょうさ) ‎(jijitsu chōsa)
• 事実 (じじつ)は小説 (しょうせつ)よりも奇 (き)なり ‎(jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori mo kinari): truth is stranger than fiction

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.