審判員

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 審判員 is read as しんぱんいん and refers to a referee or official who makes decisions and controls a game.
• Basic usage: The official can be the subject who stops play or the person whose decision the players await.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Controlling the game
  • 審判員が makes the referee who blows the whistle and stops the game the subject. Example: 審判員が笛を吹いて試合を止めた。
• Linked to a decision
  • 審判員の判定 means the official's decision that the players are waiting for. Example: 選手たちは審判員の判定を静かに待った。