訟
sue, accuse
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
20 of 38- 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
Study
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).