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    3. 決める

    決める

    決きめ​る​

    to decide

    N4KMT7News #22+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    極める

    きめるキメる

    Verb, Transitive

    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
    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.)
    martial artssumo
    9.
    to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs

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    私わたしは明あ日す何なにを食たべるか決きめた。

    I decided what to eat tomorrow.

    KMT3Daily LifeFood & Dining
    週しゅう末まつの予よ定ていはもう決きめましたか?

    Have you already decided your plans for the weekend?

    KMT4Daily Life
    毎まい朝あさ、着きる服ふくを決きめるのに時じ間かんがかかる。

    It takes time every morning to decide what clothes to wear.

    KMT5Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの将しょう来らいについて真しん剣けんに決きめる必ひつ要ようがある。

    She needs to seriously decide about her future.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    最さい終しゅう的てきな計けい画かくは、全ぜん員いんの意い見けんを考こう慮りょした上うえで、社しゃ長ちょうが決きめることになった。

    The final plan was to be decided by the president after considering everyone's opinions.

    KMT8Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    決
    き.める・-ぎ.め・き.まる・さ.く…(1)
    decide・fix・agree upon・appoint
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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