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On'yomi
ジツ・シツ
JITSU / SHITSU
Kun'yomi
み・みの.る・まこと・みの・みち.る
mi / minoru / makoto / mino / michiru

reality · truth · seed · fruit · nut

naturewisdom

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Strokes8
Frequency#68
Radicalroof(3)
Old Form

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Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of roof and pierce. Fruit filling house.

Symbolism

Reality, fruit, sincerity. Represents truth.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Straining one's eyes

Seasonal

Symbolizes autumn harvest September to November. Fruit harvesting season. Autumn seasonal word in haiku.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

既成事実

きせいじじつ

established fact; fait accompli; established fact

虚々実々

きょきょじつじつ

full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses; full of wiles and tricks

事実無根

じじつむこん

groundless; entirely contrary to fact; groundless

質実剛健

しつじつごうけん

unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour); unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)

実践躬行

じっせんきゅうこう

acting up to one's principles; acting up to one's principles

真実一路

しんじついちろ

path of sincerity; path of sincerity

不言実行

ふげんじっこう

action before words; work before talk; action before words

有名無実

ゆうめいむじつ

in name but not in reality; in name but not in reality

有職故実

ゆうそくこじつ

studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households; studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households

謹厳実直

きんげんじっちょく

sober and honest; sober and honest

一虚一実

いっきょいちじつ

constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable; constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable

温厚篤実

おんこうとくじつ

having a gentle and sincere personality; having a gentle and sincere personality

虚実混交

きょじつこんこう

mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact; mishmash of truth and untruth

虚実皮膜

きょじつひまく

the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction; the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle

実力伯仲

じつりょくはくちゅう

(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability; (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability

有言実行

ゆうげんじっこう

carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise; carrying out one's words

実事求是

じつじきゅうぜ

practical search for the truth; practical search for the truth

Proverbs & Idioms

桃栗三年柿八年

ももくりさんねんかきはちねん

Peach and chestnut three years, persimmon eight

Everything takes time to bear fruit