Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 訴える in Japanese
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訴えるJLPT 3
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Kana Readingうったえる
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Romajiuttaeru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to raise; to bring to (someone's attention)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to appeal to; to call for
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to complain
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to sue (a person); to take someone to court
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)
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Examples of 訴える, うったえる in a sentence
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It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
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I wonder if you can sue someone of the same sex for sexual harassment?
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また、親しい間柄であることから、暴力の被害を受けやすく、その被害を訴えにくいという実態がある。
Also as they are in an intimate relationship they are in a situation where it is easy for them to suffer from violence and difficult for them to bring complaints about that to court.
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Your only remedy is to go to the law.
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There is eloquence in screaming.
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She denounced him to the police as a murderer.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 訴える
- Plain Polite
- 訴えます
- Negative
- 訴えない
- Negative Polite
- 訴えません
Past
- Plain
- 訴えた
- Plain Polite
- 訴えました
- Negative
- 訴えなかった
- Negative Polite
- 訴えませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 訴えて
- Plain Polite
- 訴えまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 訴えられる
- Plain Polite
- 訴えられます
- Negative
- 訴えられない
- Negative Polite
- 訴えられません
Related Kanji
訴
JLPT 1
12 strokes
accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to
On'Yomi: ソ
Kun'Yomi: うった.える