日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji
裁

N2

Meaningstailor, judge, decision, cut out (pattern)
On'yomiサイ
Kun'yomiた、さば
Strokes12
Radical衣

Compounds

  • sanction, approval, decision

  • to judge, to try, to sit in judgement (on), to decide (on)

  • to cut (cloth)

  • decision, ruling, judgement, judgment

  • trial, judgement, judgment

  • judge

  • discretion, judgement, judgment

  • sanctions, punishment

Example sentences

  • Lawyers make mega bucks when they win cases.

  • Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.

  • Cut your coat according to your cloth.

  • The defendant will appeal to a higher court.

  • Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.

  • The lawyer asked the judge to make allowance for the age of the accused.

  • The lawyer asked the judge to make allowance for the age of the accused.

  • The prisoner was brought before a judge.