Kanji
訴
N1
12 strokes
Grade 8
freq #427
accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to
On'yomi (音読み)
ソ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
うった.える
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
訴訟
そしょう
lawsuit; suit
起訴
きそ
prosecution; indictment
控訴
こうそ
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
提訴
ていそ
presenting a case; suing
訴状
そじょう
petition; complaint
告訴
こくそ
accusation; complaint
勝訴
しょうそ
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
不起訴
ふきそ
nonprosecution; nonindictment
敗訴
はいそ
loss of a (legal) case
行政訴訟
ぎょうせいそしょう
administrative litigation (action)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
訴え
うったえ
lawsuit; complaint
訴える
うったえる
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention)
Example sentences
訴訟(そしょう)は未決(みけつ)である。
The lawsuit remains undecided.
訴訟(そしょう)で得(え)たお金(かね)でジャックは裕福(ゆうふく)に暮(く)らせるだろう。
With the money Jack won from his lawsuit, he should be able to live on easy street.
彼(かれ)は殺人(さつじん)で起訴(きそ)される。
He is chargeable with murder.
十分(じゅうぶん)な証拠(しょうこ)が無(な)くて警察(けいさつ)は彼(かれ)を起訴(きそ)できなかった。
In the absence of sufficient proof, the police could not indict him.