判はん決けつ

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判決する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	判はん決けつする	判はん決けつしない
Polite	判はん決けつします	判はん決けつしません
Past polite	判はん決けつしました	判はん決けつしませんでした
Past	判はん決けつした	判はん決けつしなかった
Te-form	判はん決けつして	判はん決けつしないで
Desire	判はん決けつしたい	判はん決けつしたくない
Potential	判はん決けつできる	判はん決けつできない
Passive	判はん決けつされる	判はん決けつされない
Causative	判はん決けつさせる	判はん決けつさせない
Causative passive	判はん決けつさせられる	判はん決けつさせられない
Volitional	判はん決けつしよう
Polite volitional	判はん決けつしましょう
Imperative	判はん決けつしろ	判はん決けつするな
Conditional	判はん決けつすれば	判はん決けつしなければ
Tara conditional	判はん決けつしたら	判はん決けつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

judgment; sentence; decree

A formal legal decision handed down by a court. Can also be used as a suru-verb (判決する) meaning 'to pass judgment' or 'to sentence'.

裁さい判ばん所しょは被ひ告こくに無む罪ざいの判はん決けつを下くだした。
The court handed down a verdict of not guilty for the defendant.
最さい高こう裁さいが違い憲けん判はん決けつを出だすのは珍めずらしい。
It is rare for the Supreme Court to issue a ruling of unconstitutionality.

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Usage patterns

判はん決けつを下くだすto hand down a verdict
裁さい判ばん所しょは被ひ告こくに有ゆう罪ざい判はん決けつを下くだした。
The court handed down a guilty verdict to the defendant.
判はん決けつが出でるfor a verdict to be announced
来らい週しゅう、裁さい判ばんの判はん決けつが出でる予よ定ていだ。
The verdict in the trial is expected to come out next week.
判はん決けつを受うけるto receive a sentence
彼かれは懲ちょう役えき五ご年ねんの判はん決けつを受うけた。
He received a sentence of five years in prison.
判はん決けつを言いい渡わたすto pronounce a verdict
裁さい判ばん官かんは被ひ告こくに判はん決けつを言いい渡わたした。
The judge pronounced the verdict to the defendant.

Expressions

判はん決けつに従したがうabide by the verdict; comply with the court's decision
判はん決けつを覆くつがえすoverturn a ruling; reverse a judgment

Kanji

判judgement, judgment, signature
決decide, fix, agree upon

Related words· 10

裁さい判ばんN3
裁判 refers to the whole trial or court proceedings, while 判決 is the final verdict issued at the end of that process.
宣せん告こくN1
宣告 emphasizes the act of formally announcing a sentence, while 判決 is the legal decision or document itself.
判はん定ていN1
判定 is a general term for a ruling or decision (e.g., in sports or arbitration), while 判決 specifically denotes a court's verdict.
裁さい決けつN1
判決 usually refers specifically to a court's verdict in a lawsuit, while 裁決 is broader and covers administrative or quasi-judicial rulings as well.

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評ひょう決けつ
判決 is the formal judgment or sentence issued by a court or judge, while 評決 is the verdict reached by a jury or deliberating panel before such a judgment.
判はん例れいN1
判決 is the actual court ruling or verdict in a specific case, while 判例 refers to that ruling's value as a precedent for future cases.
沙さ汰た
判決 is the standard legal term for a court's verdict, while 沙汰 in this sense is a more formal or classical way to refer to a judgment.
量りょう刑けい
判決 is the court's overall ruling or verdict, while 量刑 refers specifically to the decision on the severity of punishment within that ruling.
裁さばき
判決 refers specifically to a court's official ruling or sentence, whereas 裁き can describe any authoritative judgment, legal or moral.
言いい渡わたし
判決 refers to the court's actual verdict/decision itself, while 言い渡し is the act of formally announcing that decision.

Don't confuse with

判はん例れいN1
判例 is a past court decision used as precedent, whereas 判決 is the specific judgment handed down in a particular case.
求きゅう刑けい
判決 is the court's final ruling on guilt and sentence, whereas 求刑 is only the prosecution's request made before that ruling is handed down.

Counted with

件けんN2
Used for cases, matters, and individual legal items such as judgments or decisions.

Word family· 12

判はん決けつ例れい
judicial precedent; leading case
判はん決けつ文ぶん
written judgment; judgment paper
判はん決けつ書しょ
written judgment; judgment document
原げん判はん決けつ
original judgment; judgment in prior instance
不ふ当とう判はん決けつ
unjust ruling; unfair verdict

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判はん決けつ理り由ゆう
ratio decidendi; reason for a verdict
判はん決けつ離り婚こん
divorce by decree; judicial divorce
実じっ刑けい判はん決けつ
unsuspended prison sentence; prison sentence with no stay of execution
有ゆう罪ざい判はん決けつ
guilty verdict; judgment of guilty
死し刑けい判はん決けつ
death sentence

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Etymology

Compound of 判 (はん, 'judge, discern') and 決 (けつ, 'decide, settle'). The spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a formal legal decision.