Truth

"Truth" in Japanese

事実

jijitsu

(true facts)

事実

jijitsu

(conformity to fact or reality)

実態

jittai

(true facts)

本当

hontō

(true facts)

本当

hontō

(conformity to fact or reality)

真実

shinjitsu

(true facts)

真実

shinjitsu

(conformity to fact or reality)

真理

shinri

(conformity to fact or reality)

真理

shinri

(that which is real)

真理

shinri

(something acknowledged to be true)

真相

shinsō

(true facts)

makoto

(state or quality of being true to someone or something)

makoto

(pledge of loyalty or faith)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.