How to say "judgement" in Japanese

• 判定はんていJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA judgement rendered as an official ruling or determination against set criteria, such as a referee's call in a match or the result of a test.
  審判しんぱんの判定はんていは絶対ぜったいだ。↗

  The judge's decision is final.
• 判断はんだんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe act of judging or deciding after weighing a situation; use this for judgement as decision-making or the drawing of a conclusion.
  私は君きみの判断はんだんを尊重そんちょうする。↗

  I defer to your judgement.
• 裁判さいばんJLPT N3approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveA trial or the judgement a court delivers; use this when judgement means a court's decision rather than an ordinary act of judging.
  裁判さいばんは公明正大こうめいせいだいであることが要求ようきゅうされる。↗

  Judgment requires impartiality.
• 批判ひはんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbJudgement in the sense of critical assessment or comment; in practice this is the word for criticism, so it is seldom what you want for judgement in general.
  彼かれの批判ひはんは非常ひじょうに厳きびしかった。↗

  His criticisms were very severe.
• 鑑定かんていCommon
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveA judgement offered as an expert opinion or appraisal, the kind a specialist gives on the value or authenticity of an object.
  彼かれは宝石ほうせきの鑑定かんていには目めがきく。↗

  He has a sharp eye for jewels.

Choose 判断 for the general act of deciding or concluding, 判定 for an official ruling against fixed criteria, 裁判 for a court's judgement, 鑑定 for an expert appraisal, and 批判 for critical assessment.

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• 判定はんていjudgement
• 判断はんだんjudgment
• 裁判さいばんtrial
• 批判ひはんcriticism
• 鑑定かんていjudgement
• 審判しんぱんjudgement
• 判決はんけつjudicial decision
• 監査かんさinspection
• 裁きさばきjudgment
• 断定だんていconclusion
• 裁量さいりょうdiscretion
• 鑑識かんしきjudgement
• 鑑別かんべつdiscrimination
• 裁決さいけつdecision
• 言い渡しいいわたしsentence
• 分別ふんべつdiscretion
• 察しさっしconsideration
• 物心ものごころawareness of things around one
• 品定めしなさだめevaluation
• ジャッジメントjudgement
• 目利きめききjudgement
• 処断しょだんjudgement
• 判示はんじjudgement
• 論判ろんぱんjudgement (on whether something is right or wrong)
• 成敗せいばいpunishment
• だらしprudence
• 判断力はんだんりょくjudgment
• 司法判断しほうはんだんjudicial ruling
• めがねjudgment
• ジャッジjudgement
• 裁断さいだんjudgement
• 判はんjudgment
• 見立てみたてjudgement
• めdiscrimination
• 考えかんがえconsideration