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目撃者 (もくげきしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

目もく撃げき者しゃ

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Meanings

1

eyewitness; witness

A person who directly saw an event, especially a crime or accident.

警けい察さつは目もく撃げき者しゃを探さがしている。

Kanji

目eye, class, look
撃beat, attack, defeat
者someone, person

Related words

証しょう人にんN1
目撃者 is someone who personally saw an event happen, while 証人 refers more broadly to anyone who gives testimony in a legal or formal setting.

The police are looking for witnesses.

彼かれはその事じ故この唯ゆい一いつの目もく撃げき者しゃだった。

He was the only eyewitness to the accident.

Built from

目もく撃げき+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 目撃 (mokugeki, 'eyewitnessing') + 者 (sha, 'person').