実は

じつは · jitsuha · JLPT N3 · expression

actually

🍎 実 = fruit, truth + は topic marker: as for the truth...

実 (jitsu) means fruit or substance, and by extension reality or truth. は is the topic particle, read wa here. So the word literally says: as for the real substance of it — which is how English uses actually or in fact.

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