How to say "viewing" in Japanese

• 観覧かんらんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers watching a performance, display, or event as an audience member, as in the free gloss. A neutral word for formal viewing of something put on show.
• 見物けんぶつJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers watching and sightseeing: going to see a spectacle, festival, or famous place. It suggests looking at something as an onlooker rather than viewing for appreciation.
  私達わたしたちは横浜よこはまを見物けんぶつした。↗

  We did the sights of Yokohama.
• 観賞かんしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThis is viewing for pleasure, that is, viewing with appreciation and enjoyment, such as admiring art, scenery, or a performance attentively rather than merely watching it.
  手前てまえのガラス張ばりの建物たてものは薔薇ばら園えんなんです。温室おんしつになっていて、いつも薔薇ばらを観賞かんしょうできるようになってるんですよ。↗

  The glass fronted building before you is the rose garden. It's a greenhouse so you will always be able to appreciate the roses.
• 狩りかりCommon
  noun (suffix)Here it only means viewing in the special sense of autumn-leaf viewing, alongside its main senses of hunting and gathering mushrooms or berries; for other kinds of viewing it is not the word you want.

Use 観覧 for watching a show or event, 見物 for sightseeing and watching spectacle, 観賞 for viewing something for pleasure, and 「狩り」 for leaf-viewing in the gathering sense.

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

• 観覧かんらんviewing
• 見物けんぶつsightseeing
• 観賞かんしょうadmiration
• みlooking
• ビューイングviewing
• 見渡しみわたしviewing
• 視聴しちょうlooking and listening
• 狩りかりgathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.)