Illustration: On a narrow Japanese shopping street, a vegetable seller stands beside a police officer and explains a minor bicycle collision. The seller points from the shop entrance toward a tipped bicycle and a scattered basket of oranges, carefully tracing what happened with the other hand.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

証しょう人にん

shounin

witness

Example sentences

彼かれらはその証人しょうにんを買収ばいしゅうしようとしたがだめだった。
They attempted in vain to bribe the witness.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれらは賄賂わいろを使つかって証人しょうにんの口くちを封ふうじた。
They bribed the witness into silence.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
あなたはその証人しょうにんの陳述ちんじゅつを信しんじますか。
Do you believe the witness’s statement?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 証人

証evidence; proofOnショウKunあかし
人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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