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Kotomora

訟

sue, accuse

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ショウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

訟 centers on formal disputes: bringing a legal case against someone, suing, or accusing them in an official setting.

Most common words using 訟

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  • 訴訟そしょう
    N1

    lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation

  • 行政訴訟ぎょうせいそしょう

    administrative litigation (action)

  • 争訟そうしょう

    legal dispute; contestation; suit

  • 人事訴訟じんじそしょう

    litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

  • 人事訴訟事件じんじそしょうじけん

    litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

  • 人事訴訟手続き法じんじそしょうてつづきほう

    Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)

  • 刑事訴訟けいじそしょう

    criminal action

  • 刑事訴訟法けいじそしょうほう

    Code of Criminal Procedure

  • 刑事訴訟規則けいじそしょうきそく

    Rules of Criminal Procedure

  • 医事訴訟いじそしょう

    medical suit

  • 壁訴訟かべそしょう

    grumbling or mumbling to oneself

  • 天水訟てんすいしょう

    song (hexagram 6 of the I Ching: conflict)

  • 少額訴訟しょうがくそしょう

    small claims lawsuit

  • 損害賠償訴訟そんがいばいしょうそしょう

    damages suit

  • 本人訴訟ほんにんそしょう

    lawsuit undertaken without legal representation; pro se lawsuit

  • 株主代表訴訟かぶぬしだいひょうそしょう

    shareholder lawsuit

  • 民事訴訟みんじそしょう

    civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings

  • 民事訴訟法みんじそしょうほう

    (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

  • 著作権侵害訴訟ちょさくけんしんがいそしょう

    copyright infringement suit

  • 薬害ヤコブ病訴訟やくがいヤコブびょうそしょう

    Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

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Etymology

訟 combines 言 (speech, words) with 公 (public), suggesting a public verbal dispute or legal argument.

Meaning mnemonic

Words (言) spoken in public (公) to settle a disagreement: that is suing or accusing someone formally.

Reading mnemonic

For ショウ, imagine a public lawsuit being shown on TV: show -> ショウ, and the words (言) are aired publicly (公).