Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 調ちょう 書しょ を 取と る to take a formal statement/record from someone
The police took a formal statement from the witness.
調ちょう 書しょ を 作さく 成せい する to draw up an official record
The prosecutor drew up a record of the interrogation.
調ちょう 書しょ に 署しょ 名めい する to sign an official record
The defendant signed the official record.
調ちょう 書しょ を 読よ み 上あ げる to read out an official record
The judge read out the official record in court.
Related words 記録 is any general record or log, while 調書 specifically denotes a formal written record made in a legal, investigative, or administrative proceeding.
報告書 is a report summarizing findings or activities for general business or academic use, whereas 調書 is a formal record of statements or facts taken in an official or legal procedure.
議事録 records the proceedings of a meeting, while 調書 records statements or findings in an investigation or hearing.
Don't confuse with 証書 sounds similar to 調書 but means a certificate or deed proving a right or fact, not an investigative record.
調書 is the official written record produced from an investigation, while 調べ refers to the act of investigating itself.
Counted with 調書 is typically counted with 通 , the counter used for formal documents and letters.
When referring to physical copies of a 調書 , 部 is used as the counter for copies of a document.
Word family· 7 minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination
deposition; record of statement
trial record; protocol of a trial
interrogation record; examination record
prosecutor's record of a statement
Show 2 more Show fewer Etymology Compound of 調 (investigation, examination) and 書 (document, writing). The term has been used in legal and administrative Japanese for formal written records.
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