Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 決める(きめる) in Japanese

決める, 極める
JLPT 4
Kana Reading
きめる
Romaji
kimeru
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Ichidan verb, transitive verb
    Meaning
    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
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to persist in doing; to go through with
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to always do; to have made a habit of
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to take for granted; to assume
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
  • Parts of speech
    Martial Arts Term
    Meaning
    to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

Examples of 決める, 極める, きめる in a sentence

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
決める
Plain Polite
決めます
Negative
決めない
Negative Polite
決めません

Past

Plain
決めた
Plain Polite
決めました
Negative
決めなかった
Negative Polite
決めませんでした

Te

Plain
決めて
Plain Polite
決めまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
決められる
Plain Polite
決められます
Negative
決められない
Negative Polite
決められません

Related Kanji

極 JLPT 2

13 strokes

poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48

On'Yomi: キョク, ゴク

Kun'Yomi: 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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決 JLPT 3

7 strokes

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

On'Yomi: ケツ

Kun'Yomi: き.める, -ぎ.め, き.まる, さ.く

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