How to say "courtroom" in Japanese

• 法廷ほうていJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe common word for the courtroom, the room where a trial takes place; it also covers 'court (of law)'. In most contexts this is the word you want for 'courtroom'.
  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.
• 司法の場しほうのば
  expression, nounLiterally 'the place of the judiciary': a descriptive expression treating the courtroom as the venue where justice is administered. Less common than 法廷; it carries this descriptive nuance rather than plainly naming the room.
• 公判廷こうはんてい
  nounA less common legal term for the courtroom where a public trial is held. For general references to the courtroom, 法廷 remains the common word and the safer choice.

Choose 法廷 for 'courtroom' in almost any context — it is the common word; 「司法の場」 is a less common descriptive phrase for the court as the venue of justice, and 公判廷 a less common legal term.

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

• 法廷ほうていcourt (of law)
• 司法の場しほうのばcourtroom
• 公判廷こうはんていcourt