実を言うと

じつをいうと じつをゆうと

as a matter of fact, to tell the truth

人の事を言う

ひとのことをいう

to find fault with other people rather than oneself, the pot calling the kettle black

事実

じじつ

fact, truth, reality

実事

じつごと じつじ

fact, (a) truth

人のことを言う

ひとのことをいう

to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

欲を言うと

よくをいうと

ideally; if one were to wish for more

実を言えば

じつをいえば

as a matter of fact, to tell the truth

来年の事を言うと鬼が笑う

らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう

Nobody knows the morrow, speak of next year and the demons laugh

との事

とのこと

I'm told, I'm passing on a message, he was informed, indicates that one has heard the preceding information from somebody

と言うもの

というもの

something like..., something called...

と言うのに

というのに

even though, despite, when

と言うのも

というのも

because

と言うのは

というのは

means, is

既成の事実

きせいのじじつ

established fact

周知の事実

しゅうちのじじつ

common knowledge, well-known fact

公知の事実

こうちのじじつ

common knowledge, well-known fact, public knowledge

と言うと

というと

if one were to speak of..., then certainly, if it were the case that..., then certainly, if it were a..., then certainly, phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it)

と言う

という とゆう

called, named

事実を調べる

じじつをしらべる

to investigate the facts