How to say "sight" in Japanese

• シーンCommon
  nounCovers 'sight' when it means a scene: a scene in a film or drama, or a scene as an event unfolded. For a striking sight you actually witnessed, reach for 光景 instead.
• 一覧いちらんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally a glance or complete look at something, taking it all in at once, rather than a sight; for the 'something seen' sense of 'sight' this is seldom the word you want.
• 照準しょうじゅんCommon
  nounThe hardware sense: a sight such as that of a gun, together with aim and alignment. Use it only when 'sight' means the aiming device, never for vision or a view.
• 光景こうけいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe word for a sight you witness: a scene or spectacle unfolding before your eyes, often striking or dramatic. Typical when you describe what some event or moment looked like.
  その光景こうけいを見みてぎょっとした。↗

  I was frightened at the sight.
• 情景じょうけいCommon
  nounA sight viewed as an evocative picture: the scene as it impresses the emotions, picturesque and atmospheric. Choose it when the feeling a view stirs matters as much as the view itself.
  今いままでに一度いちども私はこんなに美うつくしい情景じょうけいを見みたことがない。↗

  Never have I seen such a beautiful scene.

For a sight you witness use 光景, or 情景 for an evocative scene; 「シーン」 is the loanword for a scene; 照準 is a gun's sight, aim, or alignment; 一覧 is a glance over the whole, not a sight.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• シーンscene
• 一覧いちらんlook
• 照準しょうじゅんsight (e.g. of a gun)
• 光景こうけいscene
• 情景じょうけいspectacle
• 風景ふうけいscenery
• 有様ありさまstate
• 見物みものsight
• 照尺しょうしゃくsight (of a firearm)
• 視覚しかく(sense of) sight
• ちょっと見ちょっとみlook
• めeyesight
• 図ずsight
• 観かんspectacle
• 目当てめあてsight (on a firearm)
• お目おめsight
• 見る目みるめappearance