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The Japanese word

基準

is pronounced
kijun | きじゅん
means
standard, basis, criteria, norm
Examples:
どんな基準で誰に投票するか決めていますか。
donna kijun de dare ni tōhyō suru ka kime te i masu ka.
What criteria do you use in deciding who to vote for?
観光客の服装は地元の礼儀正しさの基準にかなっていない。
kankō kyaku no fukusō wa jimoto no reigi tadashi sa no kijun ni kanatte i nai.
The way tourists dress offends the local standard of propriety. | The way tourists dress offends local standards of propriety.
ロックの場合、何を基準にハイファイとするのかが難しいですね。
rokku no bāi, nani o kijun ni haifai to suru no ka ga muzukashī desu ne.
For rock it's hard to know on what basis you should call something 'hi-fi'.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org