JLPT N3 · Verb

裁く (sabaku)

裁く (さばく, sabaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to judge; to try”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さばく
Romaji: sabaku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

誰がこの事件を裁くのでしょうか。

Who is going to try this case?

Tatoeba #137033

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 裁く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	裁く	さばく sabaku
Polite (~masu)	裁きます	さばきます sabakimasu
Negative	裁かない	さばかない sabakanai
Polite negative	裁きません	さばきません sabakimasen
Past	裁いた	さばいた sabaita
Polite past	裁きました	さばきました sabakimashita
Negative past	裁かなかった	さばかなかった sabakanakatta
Te-form	裁いて	さばいて sabaite
Potential	裁ける	さばける sabakeru
Passive	裁かれる	さばかれる sabakareru
Causative	裁かせる	さばかせる sabakaseru
Volitional	裁こう	さばこう sabakou
Imperative	裁け	さばけ sabake
Conditional (~ba)	裁けば	さばけば sabakeba

Kanji in 裁く

裁

tailor, judge, decisionサイ・た.つ・さば.く · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 裁く.

裁判さいばんtrial裁縫さいほうsewing独裁どくさいdictatorship制裁せいさいsanctions体裁ていさい(outward) appearance

Source: JMdict entry 1295940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.