検察|けんさつkensatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- nouncriminal investigation; prosecution
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbexamination; investigation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 検察する（けんさつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 検察します（けんさつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 検察しない（けんさつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 検察しません（けんさつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 検察せず・検察せぬ（けんさつせず・けんさつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 検察した（けんさつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 検察しました（けんさつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 検察しなかった（けんさつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 検察しませんでした（けんさつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 検察して（けんさつして） |
| Potential | 検察できる（けんさつできる） |
| Passive | 検察される（けんさつされる） |
| Causative | 検察させる（けんさつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 検察させられる（けんさつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 検察すれば（けんさつすれば） |
| tara | 検察したら（けんさつしたら） |
| Volitional | 検察しよう（けんさつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 検察しましょう（けんさつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 検察しろ（けんさつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related捜査そうさWrittenWritten register. Police or prosecutors investigating a case, as in 「捜査本部」. 検察 is mostly prosecutors investigating and indicting, but can also mean fact-finding.
- Related調べしらべNeutralA neutral, general noun for looking into or questioning something. 検察 usually means the prosecuting authority's investigation and indictment of crimes.
- Related調査ちょうさNeutralA neutral, everyday word for an investigation or survey of any kind. 検察 typically refers to a prosecutor's office investigating and prosecuting crimes.
- Related査察ささつWrittenWritten register. Inspection by the authorities to check compliance, e.g. tax audits. 検察 is mostly used of criminal investigation and prosecution.
- Related審査しんさFormalFormal. Screening or judging of qualifications, works, and the like. 検察 mostly concerns investigating and prosecuting crimes.
- Related追及ついきゅうWrittenWritten register. Pursuing responsibility or pressing someone with questions. 検察 mostly refers to the investigating and prosecuting done by prosecutors.
- Related究明きゅうめいFormalFormal. Getting to the bottom of a truth or cause, as in 「真相究明」「原因究明」. 検察 is mostly used of criminal investigation and prosecution.
- Related吟味ぎんみWrittenWritten register. Careful scrutiny or deliberation; in older usage also the interrogation of a crime. 検察 usually means the prosecuting authority.
- Related詮索せんさくNeutralPrying into details or other people's private affairs, with a negative nuance. 検察 is official investigation and prosecution, with no such overtone.
- Antonym弁護べんごFormalFormal. The defense side of a trial — what a lawyer does — opposed to 検察 as the prosecution.
Use 「検察」 for prosecutors investigating and prosecuting criminal cases, as in 「検察官」 and 「検察庁」; it can also broadly mean establishing the facts. For investigating a case — by police or prosecutors — say 「捜査」; for a general investigation, 「調査」; for getting at the truth or cause of something, 「究明」. The courtroom opposite of 「検察」 is 「弁護」, the defense.
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