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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん告こく

genkoku

plaintiff

Example sentences

  1. 原告げんこくによれば、契約けいやくでは小説しょうせつの登場人物とうじょうじんぶつはすべて匿名とくめいということになっていた。

    The plaintiff asserted that the contract that was agreed upon states that all characters in the novel were to be kept anonymous.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. このように原告げんこく・被告ひこくから三回さんかいずつ相手方あいてがたに書面しょめんで主張しゅちょうできるようになっていた。

    In this way, the plaintiff and the defendant were both given opportunities to make written allegations to the other party three times.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 原告げんこく被告ひこくを管轄かんかつする機関きかんが異ことなる場合ばあいは評定所ひょうじょうしょで裁さばいた。

    If the regulating authority of the plaintiff is different from that of the defendant, the trial took place in the Hyojosho.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 原告

  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
  • 告revelation; tellOnコクKunつげる

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