証言

しょうげん · shougen · JLPT N1 · noun

testimony

⚖️ 証 = proof + 言 = word: spoken words given as proof, i.e. testimony

証 means proof or evidence, and 言 means word or to say. Words offered as proof, especially in court, are 証言, so the compound covers both evidence and testimony.

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