決める
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
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
2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
3. to persist in doing; to go through with
4. to always do; to have made a habit of (as 決めている)
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. to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
9. to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
Other spellings
極める
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
きめる
Examples288
そこ に 行く こと に 決めた。
I made up my mind to go there.
それ に 決めましょう。
Let's shake on it.
もう 何 を する か 決めました か。
Have you decided what to do yet?
まだ 決めていません。
I haven't made up my mind yet.
日本 に 行く こと に 決めました か。
Have you decided to go to Japan?
それ は 君の 決める こと だ。
It is up to you.