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訴訟事件 (soshoujiken) Japanese meaning: lawsuit | Kotomora

訴そ訟しょう事じ件けん

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Meanings

1

lawsuit; legal case

A formal term for a court case or legal action, used in legal and official contexts.

その訴そ訟しょう事じ件けんは来らい月げつ、裁さい判ばん所しょで審しん理り

さ

れる

。

The lawsuit will be heard in court next month.

彼かれは複ふく雑ざつな訴そ訟しょう事じ件けんを担たん当とうしている弁べん護ご士しだ。

He is a lawyer handling a complex legal case.

Kanji

訴accusation, sue, complain of pain
訟sue, accuse
事matter, thing, fact
件affair, case, matter

Related words

訴そ訟しょう
訴訟 is the general term for litigation or a lawsuit, while 訴訟事件 specifically refers to a legal case as an event or matter before the court.
裁さい判ばん
裁判 is a broader term for trial or judgment, whereas 訴訟事件 emphasizes the case itself as a legal dispute.

Built from

訴そ訟しょう+事じ件けん

Etymology

Compound of 訴訟 (lawsuit) and 事件 (case, incident).