기실

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Jeju

Alternative forms

기신 (gisin)

Etymology

Cognate to Jeolla Korean 기신 (gisin), perhaps a Sino-Korean word from 氣神.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiɕʰiɭ/

Noun

기실 (gisil)

energy, vigor

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 其實, from 其 (“its”) + 實 (“truth”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
Phonetic hangul:

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gisil
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gisil
McCune–Reischauer^?	kisil
Yale Romanization^?	kisil

Adverb

기실 • (gisil) (hanja 其實)

(somewhat literary) actually; as a matter of fact; in fact
Synonyms: 사실(事實) (sasil), 실(實)로 (sillo)
- 1967, 송병수 [songbyeongsu, Song Byeong-su], “정광호 군 [jeonggwangho gun, Mr. Jeong Gwang-ho]”, in 현대문학 [Hyeondae munhak]:
  내 가 듣기 에 는 그 의 장광설 에 는 영, 불, 독, 일 4개 국어 가 적당히 혼용되어 있는 것 같았다. 기실 그 는 어느 것 하나 능통하지 는 못하지 만 어느 것 이든, 이를테면 우리말 까지 합한 5개 국어 를 적당히 구사할 줄 알았다.
  Nae-ga deutgi-e-neun geu-ui janggwangseor-e-neun Yeong, Bul, Dok, Il sagae gugeo-ga jeokdanghi honyongdoeeo inneun geot gatatda. Gisil geu-neun eoneu geot hana neungtonghaji-neun mothaji-man eoneu geos-ideun, ireultemyeon Urimal-kkaji haphan ogae gugeo-reul jeokdanghi gusahal jul aratda.
  To my ears, it seemed that four languages—English, French, German, and Japanese—were appropriately mixed into his long-winded yarn. In truth, he was not fluent in any of them, but he could speak any about well enough: five languages, so to speak, counting Korean.

Noun

기실 • (gisil) (hanja 其實)

(literary, chiefly before 은 (topic marker)) actual situation; reality
Synonyms: 사실(事實) (sasil), 실(實) (sil)
- 1962, 김승옥 [gimseung'ok, Kim Seung'ok], 생명연습 [saengmyeong'yeonseup, Exercise in Life]:
  우리 가족 은 내가 국민학교 도 졸업했으니, 라는 이유 를 내세우긴 했지만 기실은 형 의 죽음 에 반 미쳐 버리신 어머니 가 서둘러서 환도 가 있을 때 서울 로 이사했는데 […]
  uri gajog-eun naega gungminhakgyo-do joreophaesseuni, raneun iyu-reul naese'ugin haetjiman gisir-eun hyeong-ui jugeum-e ban micheobeorisin eomeoni-ga seodulleoseo hwando-ga isseul ttae Seoul-lo isahaenneunde [ … ]
  Our family gave the excuse that I had graduated from elementary school, but the reality was that my mother, who had gone half-insane upon the death of my older brother, had quickly moved to Seoul when the government moved back there

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