practical, actual condition, status quo
Example sentences
彼は成功を望んだが実際は成功しなかった。
He had hoped to succeed, but in reality, he had not.
彼は親切そうに見えるが実際は気難しい。
He looks very kind, but he is unpleasant.
彼は若く見えるが、実際は４０すぎだ。
He looks young, but actually he is over forty.
More N3 vocabulary
- 模様pattern, figure, design
- 税tax; duty
- 触れるto touch, to be touched, to touch on a subject, to feel, to violate (law, copyright, etc.), to perceive, t
- 直ちにat once, immediately, directly, in person
- 断るto refuse, to decline, to dismiss
- 何what