실은
Meanings
Adverb
1. actually, in fact
Pronunciation
sir-eun
Examples2
실은 나 외로웠어.
To tell the truth, I felt lonely.
도둑은 선심 쓰듯 동료가 훔친 물건을 돌려주었지만, 실은 자기 형량을 줄이기 위해서였다.
The thief returned the goods that his companion had stolen as if he were being generous, but it was really in order to reduce his own sentence.