告発|こくはつkokuhatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbindictment; prosecution; complaint
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 告発する（こくはつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 告発します（こくはつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 告発しない（こくはつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 告発しません（こくはつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 告発せず・告発せぬ（こくはつせず・こくはつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 告発した（こくはつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 告発しました（こくはつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 告発しなかった（こくはつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 告発しませんでした（こくはつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 告発して（こくはつして） |
| Potential | 告発できる（こくはつできる） |
| Passive | 告発される（こくはつされる） |
| Causative | 告発させる（こくはつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 告発させられる（こくはつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 告発すれば（こくはつすれば） |
| tara | 告発したら（こくはつしたら） |
| Volitional | 告発しよう（こくはつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 告発しましょう（こくはつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 告発しろ（こくはつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym告訴こくそWrittenWritten style: the victim or another legally entitled person asking prosecutors to press charges, or suing as plaintiff; 「告発」 comes from someone other than the victim.
- Related起訴きそWrittenWritten style: a prosecutor formally indicting in court, a legal procedure; 「告発」 is a third party reporting crime or exposing wrongdoing, not prosecution itself.
- Related訴追そついWrittenWritten legal word: a prosecutor instituting criminal proceedings, or seeking a judge's removal; less common. 「告発」 is just the reporting or exposing.
- Related公訴こうそWrittenLegal term, written style: a prosecutor bringing a criminal case to court, as in 「公訴を提起する」; 「告発」 is reporting, not prosecution.
- Related通報つうほうNeutralNeutral word: reporting an emergency to police or the authorities, as in 「110番通報」; it centers on notifying a situation and need not expose wrongdoing.
- Related弾劾だんがいWrittenWritten style: publicly examining charges and holding someone accountable, as in 「裁判官の弾劾」; strong in tone. 「告発」 exposes wrongdoing or reports crime.
- Related訴えるうったえるNeutralA verb, common in daily use: to take a case to court, but also to appeal to a person or to reason and emotion, as in 「裁判所に訴える」. Broader than 「告発」.
- Related問罪もんざいWrittenWritten and rare: pointing out another's faults and holding them to account. 「告発」 centers on exposing wrongdoing or reporting crimes to the authorities.
- Antonym擁護ようごWrittenWritten style: protecting or shielding someone from harm, as in 「人権擁護」; the opposite direction from 「告発」, which exposes and reports the other party.
- Antonym黙秘もくひWrittenWritten style: keeping silent and saying nothing, as in 「黙秘権」; the opposite of 「告発」, which speaks the facts out and exposes them.
Use 「告発」 when a third party reports a crime to the authorities or exposes wrongdoing publicly, as in 「内部告発」. For a victim's formal complaint use 「告訴」; for a prosecutor indicting, 「起訴」; for reporting an emergency to police, 「通報」; for holding officials accountable, 「弾劾」.
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