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訴え: lawsuit, complaint | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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JLPT N1
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訴え

JLPT N1Vocabulary

訴(うった)え

うったえ

lawsuit, complaint

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Reading and meaning

Reading: うったえ
Romaji: uttae
Meaning: lawsuit, complaint
Word type: noun

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

裁判所(さいばんしょ)は被害者(ひがいしゃ)の訴(うった)えを退(しりぞ)けた。
The court rejected the victim's claim.
消費者(しょうひしゃ)の訴(うった)えに企業(きぎょう)は誠実(せいじつ)に対応(たいおう)すべきだ。
Companies should respond sincerely to consumers' complaints.
長年放置(ながねんほうち)されてきた公害(こうがい)への住民(

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じゅうみん

)

の

訴(うった)

えが、ようやく

国会(こっかい)

で

取(と)

り

上(あ)

げられた。

The residents' complaint about the pollution that had been neglected for years was finally taken up in the Diet.

彼(かれ)は不当(ふとう)な扱(あつか)いを受(う)けたと訴(うった)え、再調査(さいちょうさ)を求(もと)めた。

He claimed that he had been treated unfairly and called for a reinvestigation.

Kanji in this lesson

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