Vocabulary

witness

証人(しょうにん)

A2 · Elementary Common

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
A person that has first hand knowledge of an incident because they were physically present when it happened.
事件(じけん)が起(お)こったときに物理(ぶつり)的(てき)にその場(ば)にいたため、事件(じけん)を直接(ちょくせつ)知(し)っている人(ひと)。

Examples

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

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Other Usages

witness

目撃(もくげき)する
(2) Verb

To see some action in person, first hand.

ある行動(こうどう)を直接(ちょくせつ)見(み)ること。

Examples

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

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