🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

目撃者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mokugekisha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Eyewitness/ˈaɪ.wɪt.nəs/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"事件の目撃者が警察に証言を行った。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate that information, such as an accident or crime.

    "The police interviewed the primary eyewitness to gather details about the suspect."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Derived from or provided by someone who has personally seen an event occur.

    "The newspaper featured a gripping eyewitness account of the dramatic rescue."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound of the Middle English words 'eye' (from Old English 'ēage') and 'witness' (from Old English 'witnes', meaning testimony or knowledge). First recorded in the late 16th century, it emerged to specifically designate a person who has personally seen an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

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