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真
Truth, Real
ま (ma)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
📷 The Japanese word for photograph is 写真 (shashin). It's made from two kanji: 写 ("to copy") and 真 ("truth" or "reality"). Together, they literally mean "copying reality." Long before digital cameras, the Japanese language described a photograph as a faithful copy of the real world—a surprisingly poetic idea that still lives on today.
Memory Trick
🎩🐰A magician places a huge hat over a rabbit. we can still see rabbits two leg under hat revealing the truth before trick.
Readings
Onyomi: シン (shin)
Kunyomi: ま (ma)
Example Words
真
ま (ma)
True, genuine
写真
しゃしん (shashin)
Photograph
真実
しんじつ (shinjitsu)
Truth
真面目
まじめ (majime)
Serious, diligent
Example Sentence
それは 真実です。
それは しんじつです。
sore wa shinjitsu desu
That is the truth.