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    3. 判官

    判官

    判はん官がん

    judge

    KMT8News #27+1NounHistoryPolitics & LawKanji Vocab15 strokes

    はんがんほうがんじょうぞう

    Noun

    1.
    judge, magistrate
    2.
    3rd grade official (ritsuryō system), assistant district officer, inspector
    archaic

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    彼かれは昔むかし、判はん官がんだった。

    He was a judge in the past.

    KMT6History
    その判はん官がんは公こう正せいな裁さばきで知しられていた。

    That magistrate was known for his fair judgments.

    KMT8Politics & LawHistory
    源みなも義とのよ経しつねは、判はん官がんとして多おおくの伝でん説せつが残のこされている。

    Many legends remain about Minamoto no Yoshitsune as a magistrate.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & Traditions
    古こ代だいの日 本 では、判はん官がんは地ち方ほう行ぎょう政せいにおいて重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっていた。

    In ancient Japan, magistrates played an important role in local administration.

    KMT8Politics & LawHistory
    判はん官がん贔び屓いきという言こと葉ばは、弱よわい者ものに同どう情じょうする心しん理りを表あらわしている。

    The term "Hangan-biiki" (sympathy for the underdog) expresses the psychology of sympathizing with the weak.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    判
    わか.る…(2)
    judgement・judgment・signature・stamp・seal
    官
    bureaucrat・the government・organ
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