ジャッジ

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ジャッジする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to a person who officiates or makes rulings, especially in sports.

The ruling or decision made by a judge or referee, especially in sports.

General act of judging a person, situation, or thing; broader than sports contexts.

〈人ひと〉がジャッジを務つとめるto serve as the judge
彼かれは大たい会かいでジャッジを務つとめた。
He served as the judge at the competition.
ジャッジを下くだすto hand down a ruling
審しん判ぱんは厳きびしいジャッジを下くだした。
The referee handed down a strict ruling.
ジャッジが甘あまい／厳きびしいthe judge's call is lenient / strict
今日きょうのジャッジは少すこし甘あまかったと思おもう。
I think today's judging was a bit lenient.
〈物もの〉をジャッジするto judge or assess something
見みた目めだけで人ひとをジャッジしないほうがいい。
It's better not to judge people by appearance alone.

審しん判ぱんN3sense 1
審判 is the traditional Japanese term for a referee or umpire, while ジャッジ is a more casual, modern loanword used in similar contexts, especially in Western-derived sports.
判はん定ていN1sense 2
判定 specifically means the formal ruling or decision itself, while ジャッジ can refer either to that decision or to the act of making it.
評ひょう価かN3sense 3
評価 is the standard word for evaluating or assessing something in general, whereas ジャッジ carries a slightly more casual, opinion-based nuance.
レフェリー
ジャッジ is a broader loanword meaning judge or judgment (used in sports like boxing or figure skating), while レフェリー specifically refers to the on-field/on-court official enforcing rules.

裁さい判ばん官かんN2sense 1
裁判官 refers strictly to a legal judge in a court of law, while ジャッジ usually means a judge or referee in sports or competitions, not the judiciary.

Loanword from English 'judge', adopted into Japanese with katakana spelling.