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検事

けんじ

noun

Meanings

1public prosecutor

Example sentence

懲役２年の判決に地方検事は不満だった。

The district attorney wasn't content with a two-year sentence.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

検Examination, Investigate12 strokes 事Matter, Thing, Fact8 strokes

More words with 検

探検たんけん · explorationN1 検討けんとう · considerationN3 検査けんさ · inspectionN3 検診けんしん · medical examination (for a specific condition or disease)検定けんてい · official certification

Full entry on Jisho

検索

けんさく · looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

検閲けんえつ · censorship

再検討さいけんとう · re-examination

More words with 事

事業じぎょう · projectN1 議事堂ぎじどう · Diet buildingN1 軍事ぐんじ · military affairsN1 事前じぜん · priorN1 炊事すいじ · cookingN2 人事じんじ · human resourcesN2 行事ぎょうじ · eventN2 事柄ことがら · matterN1

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