訴える|うったえるuttaeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- ichidan verb, transitive verbto raise; to bring to (someone's attention)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to play on (one's sympathies)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto complain
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto sue (a person); to take someone to court
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto resort to (e.g. arms, violence)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 訴える(うったえる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 訴えます(うったえます) |
| Negative (nai) | 訴えない(うったえない) |
| polite (masen) | 訴えません(うったえません) |
| classical zu / nu | 訴えず・訴えぬ(うったえず・うったえぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 訴えた(うったえた) |
| polite (mashita) | 訴えました(うったえました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 訴えなかった(うったえなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 訴えませんでした(うったえませんでした) |
| Te form | 訴えて(うったえて) |
| Potential | 訴えられる(うったえられる) |
| Passive | 訴えられる(うったえられる) |
| Causative | 訴えさせる(うったえさせる) |
| Causative passive | 訴えさせられる(うったえさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 訴えれば(うったえれば) |
| tara | 訴えたら(うったえたら) |
| Volitional | 訴えよう(うったえよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 訴えましょう(うったえましょう) |
| Imperative | 訴えろ(うったえろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related告訴こくそNeutralLegal term for a victim or similar party asking investigators to pursue the offender; 「訴える」 is broader, also covering grievances and appeals to public opinion.
- Related訴追そついWrittenFormal written legal term for prosecution by a prosecutor or impeachment of a judge; 「訴える」 is the everyday word for taking someone to court.
- Related起訴きそNeutralLegal term for a prosecutor formally indicting someone before a court; 「訴える」 is the general word for complaining or bringing a case.
- Related公訴こうそWrittenFormal written legal term for instituting public prosecution; in everyday speech use 「起訴」 or 「訴える」.
- Related告発こくはつNeutralExposing wrongdoing or reporting a crime to the authorities, as in 「内部告発」; 「訴える」 also covers voicing grievances and appealing to the public.
Use 「訴える」 for taking legal action, voicing pain or grievances, or appealing to emotions. When the victim asks the authorities to pursue the offender, use 「告訴」; for the prosecutor indicting, 「起訴」; for a third party exposing wrongdoing, 「告発」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


