Word details

決める

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 決める.

Dictionary

Entry

決める極めるめるキメるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #322
1

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix

Examples
そこに行くことに決めた
I made up my mind to go there.
2

to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)

3

to persist in doing; to go through with

4

As 決めている

to always do; to have made a habit of

5

to take for granted; to assume

6

to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines

7

to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing

8

Martial arts; Sumo

to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

9

to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

7 strokesFrequency 71JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ケツ

Kun

き.める-ぎ.めき.まるさ.く

extreme, pole, extremely, very, highly, most, end, settlement, conclusion, highest rank

13 strokesFrequency 460JLPT N2Grade 4

On

キョクゴク

Kun

きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.みき.める-ぎ.めき.まる

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