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見物人 (けんぶつにん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

見けん物ぶつ人にん

け

ん

ぶ

つ

に

ん

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

spectator; onlooker; sightseer

General term for a person watching an event, scene, or sight; neutral and common.

事じ故この現げん場ばに見けん物ぶつ人にんが集あつまった。
Onlookers gathered at the scene of the accident.
祭まつ

り

に

は

大おお

勢ぜい

の

見けん

物ぶつ

人にん

が

訪おとず

れ

た

。

Many spectators came to the festival.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
物thing, object, matter
人person

Similar words

観かん客きゃく
観客 is more specific to audiences at performances or sports events, while 見物人 is broader for any onlooker or sightseer.
野や次じ馬うま
野次馬 implies a gawking, often noisy crowd of onlookers, usually with a negative nuance, unlike the neutral 見物人.

Etymology

Compound of 見物 (sightseeing, watching) and 人 (person). The reading けんぶつにん is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi readings.