~のを見る/聞く (perceive someone doing)

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The pattern [clause]+のを+[perception verb], where the nominalizer の captures a live event being directly perceived — 歌っているのを聞いた ('heard someone singing'), 走っているのを見た ('saw someone running'), 気づくのを見る. Conveys direct sensory witness of an ongoing action or event. Distinct from こと-nominalization, which is more abstract.

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