Vocabulary

witness

証人(しょうにん)

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
A person that has first hand knowledge of an incident because they were physically present when it happened.
事件が起こったときに物理的にその場にいたため、事件を直接知っている人。

Examples

  1. She was the first witness called in the case. Her testimony was not very convincing though.

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witness

目撃(もくげき)する
(2) Verb

To see some action in person, first hand.

ある行動を直接見ること。

Examples

  1. The incident was witnessed by hundreds of people, and recorded by many of them.

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