まこと

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
真しん
実み
誠まこと
信しん (obsolete)

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. Originally from 真しん (ma-, “truth”) +‎ こと (koto, “thing”).[1]

First appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE in sense 2.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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まこと • (makoto) 

  1. truth; reality; fact; genuineness
    Synonyms: 本当ほんとう (hontō), 真実しんじつ (shinjitsu), 真理しんり (shinri)
  2. sincerity; honesty; faithfulness
    Synonyms: まごころ (magokoro), 誠意せいい (seii), 真情しんじょう (shinjō)

Derived terms

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Adverb

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まこと • (makoto) 

  1. (dated) truly, really, absolutely, indeed
    Synonyms: 本当ほんとうに (hontō ni), 実じつに (makoto ni)

Interjection

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まこと • (makoto) 

  1. used for recalling information previously forgotten or sudden change of subjects: that's right

Proper noun

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まこと • (Makoto) 

  1. 実み, 真しん, 真琴まこと: a unisex given name
  2. 誠まこと, 允まこと, 周しゅう, 学がく, 展てん: a male given name
  3. 真実しんじつ: a female given name

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “真しん・実みのる・誠まこと・信しん”, in 日本にっぽん国語こくご大だい辞典じてん [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新しん明解めいかい国語こくご辞典じてん [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
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