Word Meaning 事実上

じじつじょう jijitsujou

事実上 is read as じじつじょう (jijitsujou) and means as a matter of fact.

Meaning

English

  1. as a matter of fact
  2. actually
  3. effectively
  4. in reality
  5. in effect

Reading

Kana

じじつじょう

Romaji

jijitsujou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 9378 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

事実上標準

じじつじょうひょうじゅん

de facto standard

事実上の標準

じじつじょうのひょうじゅん

de facto standard

事実上不可能

じじつじょうふかのう

effectively impossible

事実

じじつ

fact

事実無根

じじつむこん

groundless

事実と異なる

じじつとことなる

to be factually incorrect

事実調査

じじつちょうさ

fact-finding

既成事実

きせいじじつ

established fact

第一次上海事変

だいいちじしゃんはいじへん

Shanghai Incident (1932)

第二次上海事変

だいにじしゃんはいじへん

Battle of Shanghai (1937)

公訴事実

こうそじじつ

facts constituting the offense charged

周知の事実

しゅうちのじじつ

common knowledge

Example Sentences

3

In absence of any stipulation regarding the capital city of Japan, strictly speaking, Tokyo is nothing more than a de facto capital.

The main streets of many villages have in fact been abandoned. The main reason is the advance of big stores like Wal-Mart.

Deposed in a military coup in September 2006 and having effectively been in exile, the Former premier of Thailand Thaksin has returned after about a year and a half.