How to say "criteria" in Japanese

• クライテリア
  nounCovers criteria in its ordinary English sense — the standards used to judge or evaluate something. As a direct loanword it suits evaluation, assessment, and selection contexts, though it is less common.
• 規矩準縄きくじゅんじょう
  nounA four-character idiom from the compass, square, level, and marking line, tools for measuring work. It denotes rules and norms; criteria is only a secondary sense, so it is seldom the word you want.

Both are less common choices: 「クライテリア」 is the direct loanword for criteria as standards of judgment or evaluation, while 規矩準縄 is a four-character idiom for rules and norms, covering criteria only figuratively.

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• クライテリアcriteria
• 規矩準縄きくじゅんじょうrules and standards