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誤断 (ごだん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

誤ご断だん

ご

だ

ん

Meanings

1

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

misjudgment; wrong decision

Refers to an error in judgment or a mistaken conclusion, often in formal or serious contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to misjudge'.

彼かれの誤ご断だんが大おおきな損そん失しつを招まねいた。
His misjudgment led to a huge loss.
裁さい判ばん官かんは証しょう拠こ

を

誤ご

断だん

し

た

。

The judge misjudged the evidence.

Kanji

誤mistake, err, do wrong
断severance, decline, refuse

Similar words

誤ご解かい
誤解 is a more common word for 'misunderstanding' or 'misinterpretation', while 誤断 specifically implies a wrong judgment or decision.
判はん断だんミス
判断ミス is a casual, colloquial term for a mistake in judgment, whereas 誤断 is more formal and often used in written or serious contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 誤 (go, 'mistake') and 断 (dan, 'judgment'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for forming abstract nouns.