検察官(けんさつかん)

けんさつかん
noun
prosecutor
formaloccupationlaw
1. prosecutor; public prosecutor
A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.
検察官(けんさつかん)が証拠(しょうこ)を示(しめ)した。
The prosecutor presented evidence.
検察官(けんさつかん)になりたい。
I want to become a prosecutor.
検察官(けんさつかん)が被告人(ひこくにん)を追及(ついきゅう)した。
The prosecutor questioned the defendant.

検察官(けんさつかん) is the official term for a public prosecutor. News reports often say 検察(けんさつ) (the prosecution as an institution), and in everyday speech an individual prosecutor is usually a 検事(けんじ).

Common collocations

  • 検察官(けんさつかん)が起訴(きそ)する: the prosecutor indicts
  • 検察官(けんさつかん)の論告(ろんこく): prosecutor's closing argument
  • 検察官(けんさつかん)が取(と)り調(しら)べる: the prosecutor interrogates

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Related Words

Related: 弁護士(べんごし)
Related: 裁判官(さいばんかん)
Related: 被告人(ひこくにん) (defendant)
Related: 検事(けんじ) (prosecutor)
Compare: 裁判長(さいばんちょう) (presiding judge)
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Added 2026.2.3 14:02 · Revised 2026.10.4 9:21
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