Where does “司法試験” come from?

司法試験 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 司法 — justice, judiciary, a national function.

司法試験 (Japanese): a bar examination

Definitions

  1. a bar examination

Ancestry of “司法試験”, step by step

司法試験 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 司法

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese司法justice, judiciary, a national function

via Japanese 試験

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese試験examination, exam, test
Every word from Japanese 司法