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事実上

Reading

Kana: じじつじょう
Romaji: jijitsujō
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Definition

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(as a) matter of fact; actually; in reality

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up

Example Sentences

(かれ)事実上(じじつじょう)社長(しゃちょう)です。
➥He is the president of the company in fact, if not in name.
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(かれ)返事(へんじ)事実上(じじつじょう)拒絶(きょぜつ)だった。
➥His reply was in effect a refusal.
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(かれ)事実上(じじつじょう)はその会社(かいしゃ)社長(しゃちょう)である。
➥He is the president of the company in fact.
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その会社(かいしゃ)事実上(じじつじょう)倒産(とうさん)だ。
➥That company is, in effect, bankrupt.
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(かれ)沈黙(ちんもく)事実(じじつ)上罪(うえざい)(みと)めたことだ。
➥His silence was a practical admission of guilt.
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この場合(ばあい)は、翻訳(ほんやく)事実上(じじつじょう)不可能(ふかのう)だ。
➥In this case, translation is, in effect, impossible.
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