傍ぼう聴ちょう人にん

noun

observer; spectator; member of the public (in court)

Primarily used in legal contexts for a person who attends a trial or hearing as an observer from the gallery. Can also refer to a spectator at other formal proceedings or public events, but the core sense is courtroom-related.

• 裁さい判ばんの傍ぼう聴ちょう人にんは静しずかに審しん理りを見み守まもっていた。

  The courtroom observers quietly watched the proceedings.

• 傍ぼう聴ちょう人にんとして法ほう廷ていに入はいるには、事じ前ぜんに手て続つづきが必ひつ要ようです。

  To enter the courtroom as a spectator, you need to complete procedures in advance.