実態

じったい

truth, fact

What does 実態 mean?

実態 is a Japanese noun meaning truth, fact in English. It is written as 実態 in kanji, じったい in hiragana, and jittai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

死亡事例が19件と全体の20%を超えており、過労死の深刻な実態が浮き彫りになった。

With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.