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陪審員 (ばいしんいん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

陪ばい審しん員いん

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Meanings

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noun

juror; jury member

Refers to a member of a jury in a legal trial. The term is neutral and used in formal contexts.

彼かれは裁さい判ばんの陪ばい審しん員いんに選えらばれた。
He was selected as a juror for the trial.
陪ばい審しん員いんは全ぜん員いん一いっ致ちの評ひょう決けつを下

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The jurors reached a unanimous verdict.

Kanji

陪obeisance, follow, accompany
審hearing, judge, trial
員employee, member, number

Similar words

裁さい判ばん員いん
裁判員 refers to a lay judge in the Japanese saiban-in system, where citizens deliberate alongside professional judges. 陪審員 is a juror in a traditional jury system, which is not used in Japan.

Etymology

Compound of 陪 (attendant, accompany), 審 (judge, examine), and 員 (member). The term was coined in the Meiji period to translate the Western legal concept of 'juror'.