実情

じつじょう【実情】

the actual ［real］ circumstances ［state］実際の状況

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〖C〗《正式》［通例 be the ～］ 真相， 事実

actuality

〖C〗《正式》［通例 ～ies］ 実情

the rights and wrongs

［複数扱い］〔事の〕真相， 実情〔of〕.

¶～によく通じている

know what one is about 物事の識別にたけている；何事にも抜け目がない.

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じつじょう【実情】

the actual [true] circumstances [facts]; the real [true] state of affairs; the real [actual] situation; the case; the way things are [stand]; 《口》 the low-down.

●今の[当時の]実情では the way things are now [were then]

・こういう実情で under these circumstances; such being the case.

●実情に明るい[暗い] be well informed on [out of touch with] events; 《口》 be in the thick of things; be in [out of] the swim

・実情にうとい be out of touch with things; 《口》 be out of it

・教育界の実情に詳しい[通じている] know what is going on in the educational field; be up with the latest trends in education

・実情に合わない計画 a plan that is inappropriate to [does not fit] the real situation.

●実情を知る know the actual circumstances; know how things (really) stand

・実情を知っている人 a person who knows what is really going on; someone in the know

・君には会社の実情を正直に打ち明けよう. Let me tell you what's really going on with [the facts about, 《口》 the deal with] this company.

・内戦の実情をそのまま報告する report on the civil war situation just as it is

・年金制度の実情を考える consider the actual state [situation] of the pension system

・新聞に投書して特別養護老人ホームの実情を訴える write to the paper describing what conditions are really like in the special nursing homes for the aged.

●実情はこうだ. This is how things stand. | Such are the facts.

・それが大体の実情だ. That's more or less how the situation looks. | That's about the size of it.

・事の実情はこうだ. These are the facts of the case.

・その実情は明らかにされないままだ. We are still in the dark about how things stand.

・エイズ対策が叫ばれて久しいが, なかなか進んでいないのが実情だ. There have long been calls for a campaign against AIDS, but the truth of the matter is that not much progress is being made.