Words

noun, nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

1. truth; reality

   生物は、実がついにそのうちの１つにわかり始めるまで、３０億年以上の間、全くその理由を知らずに地球上に存在していた。

   Living organisms had existed on earth, without ever knowing why, for over three thousand million years before the truth finally dawned on one of them.

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2. sincerity; honesty; fidelity
3. content; substance

   名を捨てて実を取る。

   Profit is better than fame.

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4. (good) result

noun

1. truth; reality; fact

   嘘から出た誠。

   Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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2. sincerity; honesty; faithfulness; good faith

   手八丁口八丁の彼だけど、誠がないのが玉に瑕だね。

   He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.

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adverb

1. indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite

   dated term

noun

1. fruit; nut

   男の子たちが、私の柿の木になっている熟した実を全部持ち去ってしまった。

   Some boys made away with all the ripe fruits on my persimmon tree.

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2. seed
3. (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
4. content; substance

noun

1. seed (of a fruit); pit; pip; stone
2. tongue (projecting strip on a board that fits into a groove on another board)

   architecture

3. clitoris
4. core; kernel; heart

   archaic

noun

1. the real person; said person

   archaic