判断

はんだん
judgement
decision
adjudication
conclusion
decipherment
divination

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はんだん【判断】

〔決断， 裁断， 判定， 断定〕

*judgment

〖U〗〖C〗〔…の〕判断， 鑑定〔of， on〕； 判断力(の発揮)

an error of judgment 判断ミス

pass judgment on ［upon］ her abilities 彼女の能力を判断する

reserve judgment on a certain matter ある問題に関する判断を差し控える

sound judgment 正しい判断

stay judgment 判断を延ばす

She wavered in her judgment. 彼女は判断に迷った.

*decision

/disíʒən/ 〖C〗〖U〗〔…に関する/…しないという〕決定， 解決; 結論〔on， about/against〕; ［the / one's ～ to do / that 節］…するという決定.

*conclusion

〖C〗結論， 決定， 断定; 〔…という〕結論〔that節〕; 推論

draw a conclusion from experience 経験から判断する.

*estimate

/éstəmət/ 〖C〗《正式》評価， 判断， 見解；〔…という〕推定， 見積り〔that節〕.

*opinion

［通例 have a＋形容詞＋～］〔人・物・事に関する〕評価， (善悪の)判断， (世間の)評判〔of， about〕

a second opinion about... …についてのもう1つの判断.

▲We had completely misjudged the situation， as we later discovered. われわれはその事態の判断を完全に誤っていたが， そのことは後になってわかったことだった.

¶ → 判断力

¶ → 判断力のある

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はんだん【判断】

1 〔物事を論理的に判定すること〕 judgment; adjudication; (断定) decision; (結論) conclusion; (推論) inference; (推断) assessment; estimation; (裁量) discretion.

～する judge; form a judgment; assess; pass judgment 《on…》; decide; infer; estimate; gauge; 《口》 size up.

●軽率に判断する judge 《sb》 hastily; come to a hasty conclusion

・善悪を判断する judge [distinguish between] good and evil; make a moral judgment

・外見によって人を判断する judge (people) by appearances

・文脈から言葉の意味を判断する determine [decide, pick up] meaning from context; use context to decide what 《a word》 means

・うわさから判断すると彼はなかなかのやり手らしい. Judging from the rumors, [Rumor has it that] he is pretty impressive.

・私たちは彼を言葉の癖から関西人と判断した. From his speech we concluded [decided] that he was [must be] from the Kansai.

・バッターは向かってくるボールの位置や速さを瞬時に判断してそこにバットを出す. The batter decides instantly where to put his bat according to the speed and position of the ball.

●正しい[誤った]判断 correct [mistaken] judgment [assessment]

・的確な判断 accurate assessment [judgment]

・事故機は機長の的確な判断によって無事着陸した. Thanks to good judgment on the part of the pilot the damaged plane landed safely.

・冷静な判断 cool [calm] judgment; dispassionate assessment.

●判断が正しい one's judgment [assessment] is right; judge right; make a [the] correct decision [judgment, assessment]

・果たしてこの霧がいつ晴れるのか私には判断がつかない. I can't judge [say] when this fog may lift.

・景気予測はなかなか判断がむずかしい. It is extremely difficult to forecast what the economy is going to do [judge what may happen to the economy].

・判断が甘かった. I was over-optimistic. | I expected too much.

・試合ではいつもとっさの判断が必要になる. In a match you always have to decide instantly [make spur-of-the moment decisions].

●リーダーの判断で僕たちは下山を決めた. In accordance with the leader's assessment of the situation, we decided to go [come] down. | The leader decided that we should go [come] down.

・はい, それは自分の判断でやりました. That's right. I did it on my own initiative [at my own discretion].

・私の判断では as I see it [far as I can judge]; in my view [judgment, opinion]; to me.

●君の判断によって at your own discretion; as you see fit

・ご判断に任せます. I leave (it to) you to judge for yourself. | I leave it to you [your judgment]. | You decide.

・上司の判断に従う do whatever one's boss says; follow orders

・買うべきかどうか判断に迷う時はやめておくことにしている. When I'm not sure [I can't decide] whether I should buy something my policy is not to buy it.

●判断の規準 a criterion [criteria] (for judging); the criteria one uses for judgment; how one judges

・判断の根拠 the basis [grounds] for judgment; the facts on which one bases a judgment.

●慎重な判断を下す decide [judge, assess 《something》] cautiously [carefully]; make a cautious decision; 《文》 be circumspect

・正しい判断を下す make the right decision [assesment, judgment]; decide correctly

・判断を誤る judge wrong [wrongly, 《文》 erroneously]; make the wrong decision; make an error of judgment; misjudge; miscalculate; get 《it, things》 wrong; 《文》 err in judgment

・採決の結果が可否同数だったので議長の判断を仰ぐことになった. Since there was no clear majority, we left the decision to the chairman.

2 〔占い〕 divination.

状況判断 assessment of the situation; judging according to the circumstances [situation].

性格判断

●血液型による性格判断 interpreting [judging, assessing] character by [according to] blood type.

姓名判断 divination which predicts on the base of a person's name whether the future will bring good or bad fortune; 《文》 onomancy.

夢判断 reading [interpreting] dreams; the reading [interpretation] of dreams; 《文》 oneirocriticism; oneiroscopy.

判断材料 materials [evidence] for judging; facts [things, something] to go on.

判断中止 【哲】 suspension of judgment.

判断ミス an error of judgment; 《口》 getting 《it》 wrong.