裁判官|さいばんかんsaibankan[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounjudge
   ヤッパリさんが裁判官さいばんかんに慈悲じひを求もとめて訴うったえた。↗

   Mr. Yappari appealed to the judge for mercy.

• Synonym判事はんじNeutralOne of the official ranks of a court judge, as in 「高裁判事」; 「裁判官」 is the umbrella term for judges.
• Synonym司直しちょくWrittenWritten/formal; can mean an individual judge but often judicial authorities at large, as in 「司直の手が伸びる」; 「裁判官」 is the standard term for a judge.
• Synonym法官ほうかんWrittenWritten/formal prose; a generic word for judge seen mostly in Chinese texts or legal documents; everyday Japanese says 「裁判官」.
• RelatedジャッジNeutralLoanword for a referee or competition judge, and also for judgement itself; 「裁判官」 refers only to court judges.
• Related審判官しんぱんかんWrittenAn examiner in administrative adjudication, e.g. patent or maritime cases; 「裁判官」 is a judge of the courts.

Use 「裁判官」 for a court judge. 「判事」 names the rank (「高裁判事」), 「審判官」 an administrative examiner, 「ジャッジ」 a sports judge or a judgement, 「司直」 judicial authorities in formal prose, and 「法官」 appears in legal or Chinese contexts.

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1. 裁判権さいばんけんを行使こうしし、裁判さいばんに判決はんけつなどを下くだす権限けんげんを与あたえられた者もの。