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検察庁 (けんさつちょう, kensatsuchou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

検けん察さつ庁ちょう

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Meanings

1

Public Prosecutors Office; prosecutors' office

Refers to Japan's public prosecution organization or one of its offices, as in 地方検察庁, 高等検察庁, and 最高検察庁. It is an agency of prosecutors, not a court.

事じ件けんの資し料りょうは警けい察さつから検けん察さつ庁ちょうに送おくられた。

The case materials were sent from the police to the Public Prosecutors Office.

父ちちは検けん察さつ庁ちょうで働はたらいている。

My father works at the Public Prosecutors Office.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が検けん察さつ庁ちょうに出しゅっ頭とうするfor a person to report/appear at the Public Prosecutors Office
被ひ告こく人にんは検けん察さつ庁ちょうに出しゅっ頭とうするよう命めいじられた。
The defendant was ordered to report to the Public Prosecutors Office.
検けん察さつ庁ちょうが〈事こと〉を起き訴そするfor the Public Prosecutors Office to indict/prosecute a case
検けん察さつ庁ちょうはその事じ件けんを起き訴そすることを決きめた。
The Public Prosecutors Office decided to indict the case.

Kanji

検examination, investigate
察guess, presume, surmise
庁government office

Related words

検けん察さつN1
検察 refers broadly to the institution or act of public prosecution, while 検察庁 names the specific government office where prosecutors work.
地ち検けん
検察庁 is the general term covering prosecutors' offices at all levels, while 地検 specifically refers to the district-level office.

Don't confuse with

検けん事じN1
検事 is an individual public prosecutor (a person), whereas 検察庁 is the office or organization that employs prosecutors.
裁さい判ばん所しょN2
裁判所 is a court that judges cases, while 検察庁 is the prosecutors' office that investigates and decides whether to prosecute.

Word family

区く検けん察さつ庁ちょう
local public prosecutor's office; subdistrict public prosecutor's office

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 検察 means prosecution or prosecutorial investigation, and 庁 means a government office or agency. The spelling directly reflects the institution's function.