実に

じつに · jitsuni · JLPT N3 · adverb

truly

🍎 実 (fruit, substance) + に = in substance: indeed, truly

実 means fruit, and by extension real substance or truth, as in 事実 (fact) and 実際 (actuality). Adding the particle に turns it into an adverb: in real substance, so truly or indeed. It has a slightly formal, emphatic tone.

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