裁さい判ばん員いん

noun

lay judge; citizen judge; juror

Refers to a member of the public who participates in criminal trials as a judge alongside professional judges under Japan's lay judge system (裁判員制度).

• 彼かれは裁さい判ばん員いんに選えらばれた。

  He was selected as a lay judge.

• 裁さい判ばん員いん制せい度どは2009年ねんに始はじまった。

  The lay judge system started in 2009.