訴追|そついsotsui[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbprosecution; indictment
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbimpeachment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 訴追する(そついする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 訴追します(そついします) |
| Negative (nai) | 訴追しない(そついしない) |
| polite (masen) | 訴追しません(そついしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 訴追せず・訴追せぬ(そついせず・そついせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 訴追した(そついした) |
| polite (mashita) | 訴追しました(そついしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 訴追しなかった(そついしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 訴追しませんでした(そついしませんでした) |
| Te form | 訴追して(そついして) |
| Potential | 訴追できる(そついできる) |
| Passive | 訴追される(そついされる) |
| Causative | 訴追させる(そついさせる) |
| Causative passive | 訴追させられる(そついさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 訴追すれば(そついすれば) |
| tara | 訴追したら(そついしたら) |
| Volitional | 訴追しよう(そついしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 訴追しましょう(そついしましょう) |
| Imperative | 訴追しろ(そついしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym起訴きそNeutralThe standard term for a prosecutor bringing charges in court; the most common choice. 「訴追」 is broader, also covering procedures such as impeaching a judge.
- Synonym公訴こうそNeutralA legal term for a prosecutor initiating public prosecution; close in meaning to 「起訴」 but more technical, and the two are not always swapped.
- Related訴えるうったえるNeutralA verb with wide uses: to accuse or take legal action, appeal to reason or emotions, or voice one's pain; not limited to criminal matters.
- Related告発こくはつNeutralExposing wrongdoing or reporting a crime to investigative authorities, as in 「内部告発」; 「訴追」 is the prosecutor's formal prosecution.
Use 「訴追」 for a prosecutor pursuing criminal liability or for impeaching a judge. For ordinary prosecution say 「起訴」; for exposing or reporting wrongdoing 「告発」; for an individual's accusation or appeal 「訴える」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


