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尋問調書 (jinmonchousho) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

尋じん問もん調ちょう書しょ

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Meanings

1

interrogation record; examination record

Legal term for the official written record of questioning a suspect, witness, or other person in a criminal investigation or trial.

警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃの尋じん問もん調ちょう書

しょ

を

作さく

成せい

し

た

。

The police prepared an interrogation record of the suspect.

弁べん護ご士しは尋じん問もん調ちょう書しょの内ない容ようを確かく認にんした。

The lawyer checked the contents of the examination record.

Kanji

尋inquire, fathom, look for
問question, ask, problem
調tune, tone, meter
書write
訊request, question, investigate

Related words

供きょう述じゅつ調ちょう書しょ
A written record of a statement or deposition, whereas 尋問調書 specifically records the questioning process.
取とり調しらべ
Refers to the investigation or interrogation itself, not the written record.

Built from

尋じん問もん+調ちょう書しょ

Written forms

尋じん問もん調ちょう書しょ
Standard kanji spelling using 尋問 (interrogation).
訊じん問もん調ちょう書しょ
Variant using 訊問, which is less common than 尋問.

Etymology

Compound of 尋問 (interrogation) and 調書 (official record).