会社は元会計を相手取って訴訟を起こした。

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English Translation

The company took action against its former accountant.

Furigana

会社(かいしゃ)は元(もと)会計(かいけい)を相手取(あいてど)って訴訟(そしょう)を起(お)こした。

Romanji

Kaisha wa moto kaikei o aitedotte soshō o okoshita.

Words

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

元 (もと)

former; ex-

会計 (かいけい)

account; finance; accountant; treasurer; paymaster; reckoning; bill

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

相手取る (あいてどる)

to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

訴訟 (そしょう)

litigation; lawsuit

起こす (おこす)

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)