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裁く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	裁さばく	裁さばかない
Polite	裁さばきます	裁さばきません
Past polite	裁さばきました	裁さばきませんでした
Past	裁さばいた	裁さばかなかった
Te-form	裁さばいて	裁さばかないで
Desire	裁さばきたい	裁さばきたくない
Potential	裁さばける	裁さばけない
Passive	裁さばかれる	裁さばかれない
Causative	裁さばかせる	裁さばかせない
Causative passive	裁さばかせられるalso 裁さばかされる	裁さばかせられないalso 裁さばかされない
Volitional	裁さばこう
Polite volitional	裁さばきましょう
Imperative	裁さばけ	裁さばくな
Conditional	裁さばけば	裁さばかなければ
Tara conditional	裁さばいたら	裁さばかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

judge; try; decide a case

Used for formal judgment in a court, or for making a fair decision in a dispute. Implies authority and impartiality.

裁さい判ばん官かんが事じ件けんを裁さばく。
The judge tries the case.
彼かれは争あらそいを公こう平へいに裁さばいた。
He judged the dispute fairly.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を裁さばくto judge/try someone
裁さい判ばん官かんが犯はん人にんを裁さばく。
The judge tries the criminal.
〈事こと〉を裁さばくto decide/rule on a case
裁さい判ばん所しょがこの事じ件けんを裁さばく。
The court will rule on this case.
法ほうに基もとづいて〈人ひと〉を裁さばくto judge someone based on the law
彼かれは法ほうに基もとづいて公こう平へいに裁さばかれた。
He was judged fairly, in accordance with the law.

Expressions

裁さばきの庭にわcourt of law

Kanji

裁tailor, judge, decision

Related words

判はん断だんN3
判断する is a general word for making any kind of decision or judgment, while 裁く specifically refers to formal, authoritative judgment such as in a court case.
審しん判ぱんN3
審判する is used for refereeing sports or formal adjudication, whereas 裁く is broader and covers judging people or disputes with legal or moral authority.
裁さい判ばんN3
裁判する emphasizes the formal legal process of holding a trial, while 裁く focuses on the act of rendering the judgment itself.
審しん理り
審理する means to examine or hear a case in court, a step that precedes the final verdict, while 裁く refers to actually passing that judgment.

Don't confuse with

さばく
捌く (same reading as 裁く) means to handle, sell, or cut up something like fish, a completely different meaning from 裁く's sense of judging a case.

Word family

裁さばき
judgment; decision; verdict
大おお岡おか裁さばき
fair and humane judicial decision
粋すいな裁さばき
delicate judgment; refined discernment

Written forms

裁さばくUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for judging, trying, or deciding a case.
さばくUsage1%

Etymology

The kanji 裁 carries meanings of 'judge' and 'cut/decide'. The verb 裁く (さばく) is a native Japanese word with the same root as 捌く (さばく, 'to handle skillfully'), but the exact historical derivation is uncertain.