審判員(しんぱんいん)

Sports term

審判員(しんぱんいん) is the formal term for sports officials. Different sports use different terms.

Sport-specific terms

• 主審(しゅしん) - head referee/umpire
• 副審(ふくしん) - assistant referee
• 線審(せんしん) - line judge
• 塁審(るいしん) - base umpire (baseball)
• 球審(きゅうしん) - home plate umpire

Similar words

• 審判(しんぱん) - referee (shorter form)
• レフェリー - referee (loanword)
• アンパイア - umpire (baseball)
• ジャッジ - judge

Common collocations

• 審判員(しんぱんいん)の判定(はんてい) - referee's decision
• 審判員(しんぱんいん)に抗議(こうぎ)する - protest to the referee
• 審判員(しんぱんいん)を務(つと)める - serve as referee

Video assistant

• VAR (ビデオアシスタントレフェリー) - video assistant referee