判断

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 判断 is a noun and irregular transitive verb read はんだん, meaning a judgment or decision reached after considering information or circumstances.
• Basic usage: Use 今すぐ判断できない when a decision cannot yet be made and 判断は正しかった when evaluating a choice as correct.
  • 資料が足りないため、今すぐ判断することはできません。 says that there is not enough information to make a decision immediately; 道に迷ったとき、引き返すという彼の判断は正しかったです。 says that his decision to turn back after getting lost was correct.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 判断することはできない
  • こと nominalizes the act of judging, and はできない says that the act is not currently possible.
• 資料が足りないため
  • ため presents insufficient material as the reason an immediate decision cannot be made.
• 引き返すという判断
  • という specifies turning back as the content of the decision.