訴追

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 訴追 is read as そつい and is a noun and suru-verb for formally pursuing legal responsibility through criminal proceedings or a procedure concerning a public official.
• Basic usage: Use 有力者を訴追する for a person facing the action and 公職者の訴追手続き for the institutional procedure.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Prosecution and conviction
  • 訴追 begins or carries forward a formal process; it does not by itself establish guilt.
• English depends on the legal process
  • It may correspond to prosecution in a criminal case or impeachment in a public-office procedure, so the legal context matters.