訴訟

• 読み: そしょう
• ローマ字: soshou
• 漢字の分解: 訴 (so) — appeal, sue, accuse; 訟 (shou) — litigation, dispute
• 発音: /so.ɕoː/

意味

Lawsuit; litigation. The formal process of taking legal action through the courts.

A noun and suru-verb referring to the formal process of taking legal action through the courts. Often combined with 起こす (okosu, to raise) as 訴訟を起こす (soshou wo okosu, to file a lawsuit). Related terms include 民事訴訟 (minji soshou, civil lawsuit) and 刑事訴訟 (keiji soshou, criminal prosecution).

例文

1. 企業を相手に訴訟を起こすことにした。
2. 訴訟にかかる費用は想像以上に高い。
3. 長引く訴訟がようやく決着した。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, courts, business disputes

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 訴 (so, appeal/sue) + 訟 (shou, litigate/dispute). Both characters relate to legal proceedings, combining to describe the process of bringing a case to court.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal