検事

• 読み: けんじ
• ローマ字: kenji
• 漢字の分解: 検 (ken) — examine, inspect, investigate; 事 (ji) — matter, affair
• 発音: /keɴ.dʑi/

意味

Public prosecutor. A government lawyer responsible for prosecuting criminal cases on behalf of the state.

A noun referring to a public prosecutor in Japan's legal system. Distinguished from 弁護士 (bengoshi, defence lawyer/attorney) and 裁判官 (saibankan, judge) as one of the three key roles in court. The full formal title is 検察官 (kensatsukan), but 検事 is the more commonly used term in daily language and media. Japan's prosecutors hold significant power, with a near-perfect conviction rate.

例文

1. 検事は被告の有罪を主張した。
2. 彼女は司法試験に合格して検事になった。
3. 検事が新しい証拠を裁判所に提出した。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, court, crime drama

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 検 (ken, examine/inspect) + 事 (ji, matter/affair). Literally 'one who examines matters' — a person whose role is to investigate and prosecute criminal affairs.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal