1.
judgment error; misjudgment
A mistake resulting from an incorrect assessment of a situation or from making a wrong decision.
審判の判断ミスで試合が荒れた。
The game got rough due to a judgment error by the referee.
あの事故は運転手の判断ミスが原因だった。
That accident was caused by the driver's misjudgment.
経営陣の判断ミスにより会社は大きな損失を被り、責任問題に発展した。
Due to the management's misjudgment, the company suffered significant losses, and it escalated into a question of accountability.
A compound of 判断 (judgment, decision) and ミス (mistake, from English "miss"). Commonly used in sports, driving, business, and everyday contexts to describe errors in decision-making.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 判断ミスをする: to make a misjudgment
- 判断ミスが命取りになる: a misjudgment proves fatal
- 判断ミスを認める: to acknowledge a judgment error
- 判断ミスを防ぐ: to prevent judgment errors
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 誤判断: erroneous judgment (more formal)
- 判断誤り: judgment mistake (native-word variant)
- 見込み違い: miscalculation; wrong estimate