• 写真しゃしん — photograph
• 真実しんじつ — truth
• 真理しんり — universal truth
• 真ん中まんなか — center
• 真顔まがお — serious face
• 真夜中まよなか — midnight

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真 is widely used in both abstract and practical contexts — from honesty and sincerity to photographs and midnight. It combines elements suggesting clarity and uprightness, symbolizing truth at the core.

真実しんじつを知しりたいです。
I want to know the truth.

真夜中まよなかに目めが覚さめました。
I woke up in the middle of the night.