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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

見けん物ぶつ人にん

kenbutsunin

spectator, onlooker

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれが飛行機ひこうきに乗のり込こむと、見物人けんぶつにんが集あつまってきた。

    Spectators gathered as he climbed into the plane.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 沿道えんどうには見物人けんぶつにんであふれていたという。

    It is said that the roadside was crowded with onlookers.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 夜中よなかにもかかわらず、見物人けんぶつにんが集あつまり見送みおくったという。

    In spite of midnight, many spectators gathered to see them off.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 見物人

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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