How to say "court" in Japanese

• コートCommon
  nounThe loanword for a sports court — the marked playing surface in games like tennis, basketball and volleyball. It has nothing to do with courts of law.
  ウィンブルドンには、センターコートを含ふくめて１８の芝生しばふコートがある。↗

  Wimbledon has eighteen grass courts, including the Center Court.
• 法廷ほうていJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA court of law, especially the courtroom itself or the tribunal in session — the setting of trials, testimony and rulings. Use it when speaking of what happens in court during a case.
  法廷ほうていは彼かれを死刑しけいに処しょした。↗

  The court sentenced him to death.
• 御殿ごてんCommon
  nounA palace, the grand residence of a lord or noble; its 'court' is a ruler's household court, not a court of law, so it is seldom the word for legal senses.
• 裁判所さいばんしょCommon
  nounA court of law as an institution, or the courthouse building; used for taking a case to court, for a court's decision, or for the body that hands down a verdict.
  裁判所さいばんしょが法律ほうりつを執行しっこうする。↗

  The courts administer the law.
• 立法府りっぽうふCommon
  nounReally 'legislature' — the branch of government that makes laws. It is not the word for a court of law; its 'court' sense is marginal at best, and legal courts are 裁判所 or 法廷.

For sports use 「コート」; for a court of law choose 裁判所 for the institution or courthouse and 法廷 for the courtroom or tribunal in session; 御殿 is a palace, and 立法府 really means the legislature.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• コートcourt (e.g. tennis, basketball, volleyball)
• 法廷ほうていcourt (of law)
• 御殿ごてんpalace
• 裁判所さいばんしょcourt
• 立法府りっぽうふassize
• 裁さいcourt
• 言い寄るいいよるto court
• 禁中きんちゅうcourt
• 公判廷こうはんていcourt
• 法院ほういんcourt
• 口説くくどくto make advances (to)
• 朝ちょうcourt