How to say "judgment" in Japanese

• 判断はんだんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe everyday sense: judging a situation and reaching a decision or conclusion, as in making up one's mind about what to do. This is usually the word for 'judgment' in ordinary, non-legal contexts.
  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-adjectiveJudgment in the legal sense: a court trial and the judgment a court delivers. For 'judgment' meaning a trial or a court's decision, this is the word; outside legal settings it is not.
  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 verbReally 'criticism': judging something by weighing its merits and faults, often disapprovingly. Choose it only when 'judgment' means critical evaluation or comment; it is seldom the word for neutral judgment.
  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.
• 判定はんていJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAn official determination or ruling: a decision handed down by an authority, such as a referee's call or a formal ruling on a result. Use it for authoritative decisions rather than personal judgment.
  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.
• 裁きさばきCommon
  nounJudgment passed on a person for their deeds: judging in a moral or religious sense, as in divine judgment. It suggests a verdict on someone rather than a decision about a matter.
  そういう行為こういは世論よろんの裁さばきを受うけるだろう。↗

  Such an act will be judged at the bar of public opinion.

Use 判断 for everyday judgment and decision-making, 裁判 for court trials, 批判 for critical assessment, 判定 for official rulings or calls, and 「裁き」 for moral or divine judgment.

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• 判断はんだんjudgment
• 裁判さいばんtrial
• 批判ひはんcriticism
• 判定はんていjudgement
• 裁きさばきjudgment
• 判決はんけつjudicial decision
• 鑑定かんていjudgement
• 審判しんぱんjudgement
• 断だんdecision
• 裁量さいりょうdiscretion
• 物心ものごころawareness of things around one
• 断罪だんざいjudgment (of a crime)
• 鑑別かんべつdiscrimination
• 鑑識かんしきjudgement
• 言い渡しいいわたしsentence
• 監査かんさinspection
• 分別ふんべつdiscretion
• 計らいはからいarrangement
• 裁決さいけつdecision
• 判断力はんだんりょくjudgment
• お眼鏡おめがね(your) judgment
• ジャッジメントjudgement
• 成敗せいばいpunishment
• 目利きめききjudgement
• 処断しょだんjudgement
• 司法判断しほうはんだんjudicial ruling
• めがねjudgment
• 判はんjudgment
• 読みよみreading (e.g. of a situation)
• 裁断さいだんjudgement