重じゅう要よう参さん考こう人にん

noun

important witness; material witness

Legal term for a witness whose testimony is crucial to a case. Used in court proceedings and investigations.

• 検けん察さつは重じゅう要よう参さん考こう人にんとして彼かれを法ほう廷ていに呼よんだ。

  The prosecution called him to the stand as a material witness.

noun

prime suspect

Euphemistic or media term for a person strongly suspected of a crime but not yet formally charged. Often used in news reports.

• 警けい察さつは重じゅう要よう参さん考こう人にんとして彼かれの身み柄がらを確かく保ほした。

  The police detained him as a prime suspect.