Word Meaning 目撃

もくげき mokugeki

目撃 is read as もくげき (mokugeki) and means witnessing.

Meaning

English

  1. witnessing
  2. observing
  3. sighting

Reading

Kana

もくげき

Romaji

mokugeki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Related Words 見る,目撃する,目に入る Rank 1819 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

目撃証言

もくげきしょうげん

eyewitness testimony

目撃情報

もくげきじょうほう

eyewitness report

目撃談

もくげきだん

first-hand account

目撃者

もくげきしゃ

eye-witness

目標

もくひょう

mark

目盛り

めもり

gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.)

目隠し

めかくし

concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

目障り

めざわり

eyesore

目張り

めばり

putting on eyeliner (in theatre)

目結

めゆい

heraldic design of a square with a hole in the center

目を見張る

めをみはる

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.)

目的論的証明

もくてきろんてきしょうめい

teleological argument

Example Sentences

10

Were there any witnesses?

Is Tom an eyewitness?

He witnessed the murder.

Were there any witnesses?

He witnessed the accident.

I saw something very unusual.

Tom wasn't a very good witness.

They were seen to go out.

Tom was a witness to the accident.

I happened to witness the bullying in the corridor.