視 点(してん)

してん

noun

viewpoint, point of view, perspective

See also: 支店(してん) (branch office)

1. viewpoint, point of view

A particular way of considering or regarding something.

違(ちが)う視点(してん)から考(かんが)えてみよう。

Let's try thinking from a different perspective.

消費者(しょうひしゃ)の視点(してん)に立(た)って商品(しょうひん)を開発(かいはつ)する。

We develop products from the consumer's point of view.

この小説(しょうせつ)は子(こ)どもの視点(してん)で書(か)かれている。大人(おとな)には見(み)えない世界(せかい)が描(えが)かれていて興味深(きょうみぶか)い。

This novel is written from a child's perspective. It's interesting how it depicts a world that adults can't see.

2. visual point, point of focus

The point in a visual field where one's gaze is focused.

視点(してん)を合(あ)わせる。

To focus one's gaze.

視点(してん)が定(さだ)まらない。

One's gaze is not focused.

カメラの視点(してん)を動(うご)かして、被写体(ひしゃたい)を別(べつ)の角度(かくど)から撮(と)った。

I moved the camera's viewpoint and shot the subject from a different angle.

視点(してん) refers to a perspective, viewpoint, or the point from which something is viewed or considered.

Common patterns

視点(してん)を変(か)える (to change one's perspective)
〜の視点(してん)から (from the perspective of ~)
〜の視点(してん)に立(た)つ (to stand from ~'s viewpoint)
新(あたら)しい視点(してん) (new perspective)

Similar words

視点(してん): viewpoint (slightly more concrete, as if looking from a position)
観点(かんてん): point of view (more abstract, analytical angle)
立場(たちば): standpoint, position (social or situational position)

Note: 視点(してん) and 支店(してん) are homophones. Context usually makes the meaning clear.

Related Words

Synonym: 観点(かんてん) (analytical viewpoint)

Related: 角度(かくど) (angle, perspective)

Compare: 立場(たちば) (standpoint, position)

Related: 視野(しや) (field of vision)

Compare: 見方(みかた) (viewpoint, way of looking)

Compare: 切(き)り口(くち) (cut end)

Homophone: 始点(してん) (starting point)

Compare: アングル (angle (camera angle, viewpoint, perspective in photography/film))

Compare: 見地(けんち) (standpoint)

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Added 2026.1.11 22:40 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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