決める

Meaning

1. v1vt
   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. v1vt
   to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
3. v1vt
   to persist in doing; to go through with
4. v1vt
   to always do; to have made a habit of
5. v1vt
   to take for granted; to assume
6. v1vt
   to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
7. v1vt
   to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
8. v1vt
   to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
9. v1vt
   to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

Example sentences

• 私たちがそこへ行くかどうかを決めるのは君の責任だ。

  It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.

• 決めました。

  I made my decision.

• あなたの行くところなら、どこへでも付いてゆくと決めたのだもの。

  You see I've resolved to follow you wherever you go.