証しょう左さ

noun

evidence; proof

Formal term for something that serves as evidence or proof, often in legal, academic, or logical contexts. Similar to 証拠 but more literary.

See also: 証拠

• この文ぶん書しょは彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうの証しょう左さとなる。

  This document serves as evidence for his claim.

noun

witness; testimony

Rarely used to mean a person who gives evidence; more commonly refers to the testimony or statement itself. In modern Japanese, 証人 is the usual word for a witness as a person.

• 古ふるい裁さい判ばん記き録ろくでは、証しょう左さが証しょう言げんを述のべたとある。

  In old court records, it says the witness gave testimony.