目もく撃げき

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目撃する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for directly seeing an event, person, or thing, often with a nuance of being an eyewitness. Common in news and police contexts.

〈事こと〉を目もく撃げきするto witness (an incident/event)
彼かれは交こう通つう事じ故この現げん場ばを目もく撃げきした。
He witnessed the scene of a traffic accident.
〈人ひと〉を目もく撃げきするto spot/catch sight of someone (doing something)
駅えきで有ゆう名めい人じんを目もく撃げきした。
I spotted a celebrity at the station.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈事こと〉を目もく撃げきするto witness (an event) at a place
犯はん行こう現げん場ばでその瞬しゅん間かんを目もく撃げきした。
I witnessed the moment at the scene of the crime.

見みるN5
見る is the plain, general verb for 'to see', while 目撃 specifically means to witness an event as an eyewitness, often unexpectedly.
見みかけるN2
見かける is a casual verb for happening to catch sight of someone or something, whereas 目撃 has a more formal, often serious or newsworthy connotation.
目めにするN2
目にする means to happen to see something in passing, while 目撃 stresses being present as a witness to a specific incident.
視し認にん
目撃 usually refers to witnessing an event or person by chance, while 視認 implies a deliberate visual check, often in formal or technical settings.
見み届とどけるN1
目撃する means to witness something happen, often by chance, while 見届ける implies deliberately staying to confirm the outcome.

黙もく劇げき
黙劇 (もくげき) means 'pantomime/mime play' and is unrelated in meaning despite sharing the exact same pronunciation as 目撃.

A Sino-Japanese word attested from early Japanese and inherited from Chinese usage, meaning to see something directly with one’s own eyes.