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実に

じつに

indeed, really

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Examples

  1. 実に素晴らしい。

    じつにすばらしい。

    It is truly wonderful.

  2. 昨日、実に面白い話を聞いた。

    きのう、じつにおもしろいはなしをきいた。

    Yesterday I heard a really interesting story.

  3. 完成までに実に十年の歳月がかかった。

    かんせいまでにじつにじゅうねんのさいげつがかかった。

    It took a full ten years to complete.

Common patterns

実に素晴らしい
truly splendid
実に興味深い
genuinely fascinating
実に〜年ぶり
for the first time in a full ... years

Memory tip

実に voices the speaker's admiration or astonishment, and in front of a number it means "no less than". Do not confuse it with 実は, which means "actually, to tell the truth".

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