actuality

現実、事実

そう見えたり想像されたりすることではなく、実際に正しいことや起きること。

やさしい英語で： What is really true or happens, rather than what seems true or is imagined.

• In actuality, the house was empty.
• The job sounded easy but was difficult in actuality.
• What seemed like a mistake was, in actuality, a clever choice.

類義語： reality, fact

反対語： fantasy

よく使う表現： in actuality, dream into actuality

実情、現実

人が想像する姿ではなく、ある状況の実際の事情や事実。

やさしい英語で： The real facts or conditions of a situation, rather than what people imagine.

• The actualities of war shocked him.
• She described the daily actualities of caring for her father.
• Their plan ignored the practical actualities of running a business.

使い方： the actualities of something (The report describes the actualities of farm life.)

類義語： realities, facts

よく使う表現： the harsh actuality, face the actuality

実在、存在

単なる可能性ではなく、実際に存在していること。

やさしい英語で： The state of really existing, rather than only being possible.

• The idea had no physical actuality.
• They debated the actuality of the imagined world.
• The philosopher distinguished possibility from actuality.

類義語： existence

反対語： nonexistence

よく使う表現： physical actuality, bring into actuality