法ほう官かんほうかんMeanings1nounjudgeArchaic term for a judge, used historically before the modern legal system. In contemporary Japanese, 裁判官 (さいばんかん) is the standard word.江え戸ど時じ代だいの法ほう官かんは、現げん代だいの裁さい判ばん官かんとは役やく割わりが異ことなっていた。The judges of the Edo period had a different role from modern-day judges.