虚実（きょじつ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: fiction and fact
Example sentences
- うわさの虚実を確かめる。 — They check whether the rumor is true or false.
- 物語は虚実を織りまぜて描く。 — The story blends fact and fiction together.
Idioms & proverbs containing “虚実”
- 虚実混交 (きょじつこんこう) — mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact
- 虚実皮膜 (きょじつひまく) — the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction
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