弾劾|だんがいdangai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbimpeachment
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdenunciation; accusation; censure; arraignment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 弾劾する（だんがいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 弾劾します（だんがいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 弾劾しない（だんがいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 弾劾しません（だんがいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 弾劾せず・弾劾せぬ（だんがいせず・だんがいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 弾劾した（だんがいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 弾劾しました（だんがいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 弾劾しなかった（だんがいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 弾劾しませんでした（だんがいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 弾劾して（だんがいして） |
| Potential | 弾劾できる（だんがいできる） |
| Passive | 弾劾される（だんがいされる） |
| Causative | 弾劾させる（だんがいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 弾劾させられる（だんがいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 弾劾すれば（だんがいすれば） |
| tara | 弾劾したら（だんがいしたら） |
| Volitional | 弾劾しよう（だんがいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 弾劾しましょう（だんがいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 弾劾しろ（だんがいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym糾弾きゅうだんWrittenPublic denunciation and pursuit of responsibility, usually by public opinion or groups; 「弾劾」 also covers holding officials accountable through legal procedure.
- Synonym問責もんせきWrittenHolding someone to account, often in parliamentary censure resolutions against ministers; stresses assigning responsibility rather than removing them from office.
- Synonym非難ひなんNeutralCriticism and condemnation; the most widely used of these words, with no implication of removal procedures.
- Synonym指弾しだんWrittenMany people criticizing and condemning someone; stresses condemnation by public opinion and is not a legal procedure.
- Synonym問罪もんざいWrittenPursuing someone's guilt or demanding an accounting for wrongdoing; rare even in written prose.
- Related起訴きそNeutralA prosecutor indicting someone; a criminal justice procedure whose target is a suspect.
- Related告発こくはつNeutralExposing wrongdoing, or in law a third party reporting a crime to investigative authorities; 「弾劾」 centers on pursuing responsibility.
- Related告訴こくそNeutralThe victim filing a criminal complaint with the police, demanding that the offender be pursued.
- Related公訴こうそWrittenPublic prosecution, where a prosecutor indicts on behalf of the state; a legal term.
- Related責めるせめるNeutralEveryday verb for blaming or pressing someone about fault; common in daily use, not a formal procedure.
- Related咎めるとがめるNeutralVerb for reproaching or interrogating someone; stresses pointing out a fault or wrongdoing.
- Related難詰なんきつWrittenHarshly questioning someone face to face; stresses intense, severe verbal reproach.
- Related吊るし上げるつるしあげるNeutralA crowd ganging up to berate someone; colloquial, with a lynch-mob flavor.
- RelatedなじるNeutralRead 「つまる」, this means to be clogged or packed full and is unrelated to 「弾劾」; the scolding sense belongs to the same written form read 「なじる」.
- Antonym擁護ようごWrittenWritten register: protecting and standing up for someone — the opposite of 「弾劾」's pursuit and condemnation.
- Antonym弁護べんごNeutralPleading someone's defense; the opposite of 「弾劾」, stressing speaking up on a person's behalf.
- Antonym支持しじNeutralSupport or backing; the opposite of 「弾劾」.
Use 「弾劾」 for publicly pursuing guilt or holding officials such as judges and presidents accountable through legally prescribed procedures, as in 「弾劾裁判」. For public condemnation by opinion say 「糾弾」; for parliamentary accountability say 「問責」; for criminal prosecution say 「起訴」. The opposite is 「擁護」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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