裁

Meaning

裁 centers on cutting with authority: physically cutting cloth to tailor a garment, and metaphorically cutting through a dispute to judge or decide. The pattern sense is the result of that cutting.

• 裁判さいばん
  N3

  trial; judgement; judgment

• 裁判所さいばんしょ
  N2

  court; courthouse

• 裁判官さいばんかん
  N2

  judge

• 総裁そうさい
  N1

  president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)

• 独裁どくさい
  N1

  dictatorship; despotism; autocracy

• 制裁せいさい
  N1

  sanctions; punishment

• 地裁ちさい

  district court

• 最高裁さいこうさい

  Supreme Court

• 裁くさばく
  N1

  to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)

• 裁量さいりょう

  discretion; judgement; judgment

• 体裁ていさい
  N1

  (outward) appearance

• 高裁こうさい

  High Court

• 裁縫さいほう
  N2

  sewing; needlework

• 仲裁ちゅうさい
  N1

  arbitration; intercession; mediation

• 裁定さいてい

  decision; ruling; award; arbitration

• 決裁けっさい

  sanction; approval; decision

• 裁決さいけつ
  N1

  decision; ruling; judgement; judgment

• 家裁かさい

  family court

• 洋裁ようさい
  N1

  (Western) dressmaking

• 簡裁かんさい

  summary court; court of summary offences

• 裁つたつ
  N1

  to cut (cloth)

• 司法裁判しほうさいばん

  judicial trial

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