公訴|こうそkouso[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, law(public) prosecution; indictment; accusation
Conjugation
Dictionary form公訴する(こうそする)
Polite (masu)公訴します(こうそします)
Negative (nai)公訴しない(こうそしない)
polite (masen)公訴しません(こうそしません)
classical zu / nu公訴せず・公訴せぬ(こうそせず・こうそせぬ)
Past (ta)公訴した(こうそした)
polite (mashita)公訴しました(こうそしました)
Past negative (nakatta)公訴しなかった(こうそしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)公訴しませんでした(こうそしませんでした)
Te form公訴して(こうそして)
Potential公訴できる(こうそできる)
Passive公訴される(こうそされる)
Causative公訴させる(こうそさせる)
Causative passive公訴させられる(こうそさせられる)
Conditional (ba)公訴すれば(こうそすれば)
tara公訴したら(こうそしたら)
Volitional公訴しよう(こうそしよう)
polite (mashou)公訴しましょう(こうそしましょう)
Imperative公訴しろ(こうそしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym起訴きそFormalFormal: the prosecutor indicting an offender; the everyday and news word, meaning the same as 「公訴」, which is the wording of legal texts.
  • Synonym訴追そついFormalFormal legal term: a prosecutor pursuing a criminal case; unlike 「公訴」, it can also refer to the impeachment of a judge.
  • Related告訴こくそFormalFormal: the victim or their legal representative accuses the offender to the police or prosecutors; 「公訴」 is brought by the prosecutor, not the victim.
  • Related告発こくはつNeutralNeutral: reporting a crime to the investigative authorities by someone other than the victim; also exposing wrongdoing in general, as in 「内部告発」.

Use 「公訴」 for the prosecutor bringing a criminal case to court, mostly in legal terms like 「公訴時効」. News reports say 「起訴」; a victim's complaint is 「告訴」; reporting someone else's crime is 「告発」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. (法律ほうりつ)検察官けんさつかんが、裁判所さいばんしょに刑事けいじ訴訟そしょうを起おこすこと。
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