実じつ情じょう

Written forms

• 実じつ情じょうUsage88%

  Standard kanji spelling; high priority.

• 実じつ状じょうUsage12%

  Alternate kanji spelling; less common but still used.

Kanji

• 実reality, truth, seed
• 情feelings, emotion, passion
• 状status quo, conditions, circumstances

Similar words

• 現げん状じょう

  現状 emphasizes the current state or status quo, while 実情 focuses on the true, often hidden, circumstances.

• 実じっ態たい

  実態 is similar but often used for the actual state of something abstract, like an economy or organization, and can imply investigation.

Etymology

Compound of 実 (truth, reality) and 情 (circumstances, feelings). The spelling 実状 uses 状 (state, condition) with a similar meaning.