裁量|さいりょうsairyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdiscretion; judgement; judgment
Conjugation
Dictionary form裁量する(さいりょうする)
Polite (masu)裁量します(さいりょうします)
Negative (nai)裁量しない(さいりょうしない)
polite (masen)裁量しません(さいりょうしません)
classical zu / nu裁量せず・裁量せぬ(さいりょうせず・さいりょうせぬ)
Past (ta)裁量した(さいりょうした)
polite (mashita)裁量しました(さいりょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)裁量しなかった(さいりょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)裁量しませんでした(さいりょうしませんでした)
Te form裁量して(さいりょうして)
Potential裁量できる(さいりょうできる)
Passive裁量される(さいりょうされる)
Causative裁量させる(さいりょうさせる)
Causative passive裁量させられる(さいりょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)裁量すれば(さいりょうすれば)
tara裁量したら(さいりょうしたら)
Volitional裁量しよう(さいりょうしよう)
polite (mashou)裁量しましょう(さいりょうしましょう)
Imperative裁量しろ(さいりょうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related随意ずいいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes being free of constraints and doing as one pleases, as in 「随意にお取りください」; 裁量 is handling matters by one's own judgement.
  • Related任意にんいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means doing something is voluntary — you may do it or not — as in 「任意保険」; 裁量 is the authority to decide by one's own judgement.
  • Related自由選択NeutralA neutral word for free choice; 裁量 leans toward the authority to handle matters by one's own judgement.
  • Antonym一律いちりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means treating everything alike under one standard; the opposite of 裁量, which rests on individual judgement.
  • Antonym画一かくいつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means leveling everything into uniformity, one-size-fits-all; the opposite of 裁量, which adapts to each case.

Use 「裁量」 for the authority to handle matters by your own judgement, as in 「裁量に任せる」. For acting freely without constraints use 「随意」; for what is optional or voluntary, 「任意」. For uniform, across-the-board treatment use 「一律」 or 「画一」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物事ものごとを、自分じぶんの判断はんだんで処理しょりすること。
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