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Lawsuit
Stroke count: 11

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 25

Meanings

  1. lawsuit
  2. sueRtK
  3. accuse

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · public · eight (八) · elbows

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 850

Compound words

訴訟そしょう
lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation
行政訴訟ぎょうせいそしょう
administrative litigation (action)
争訟そうしょう
dispute by legal action
壁訴訟かべそしょう
grumbling or mumbling to oneself
刑事訴訟けいじそしょう
criminal action
訴訟事件そしょうじけん
lawsuit
訴訟費用そしょうひよう
(lawsuit) costs
民事訴訟みんじそしょう
civil action
離婚訴訟りこんそしょう
divorce suit
民事訴訟法みんじそしょうほう
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

Additional Examples

訴訟は未決である。
The lawsuit remains undecided.tatoeba
訴訟で得たお金でジャックは裕福に暮らせるだろう。
With the money Jack won from his lawsuit, he should be able to live on easy street.tatoeba
私は訴訟に変わるものがあればなんでもいい。
I would prefer any alternative to a lawsuit.tatoeba
私はその医者を相手取って訴訟を起こした。
I brought a suit against the doctor.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Lawsuit. 言 (words) + 公 (public) — a dispute taken to court. 訴訟 — lawsuit.

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