決める

きめる· also キメる

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind

JLPT N4 Common word Genki L10, Intermediate Japanese L9 Also written 極める

Meanings

Ichidan verb, Transitive
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
to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
to persist in doing; to go through with
to always do; to have made a habit of
to take for granted; to assume

All 9 meanings

to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

Forms

	Plain	Polite
Present	決めるきめる	決めますきめます
Negative	決めないきめない	決めませんきめません
Past	決めたきめた	決めましたきめました
Past negative	決めなかったきめなかった	決めませんでしたきめませんでした

Te-form	決めてきめて
Potential	決められるきめられる
Passive	決められるきめられる
Causative	決めさせるきめさせる
Volitional	決めようきめよう
Imperative	決めろきめろ
Conditional (ば)	決めればきめれば
Conditional (たら)	決めたらきめたら

Example sentences

決きめました。

I made my decision.
投票とうひょうで決きめる。

We'll decide by voting.
条件じょうけんを決きめる。

I fix the terms.
何なにを決きめたの？

What have you decided?
後あとで決きめます。

I'll decide later.

More examples (10)

あなたが決きめて。

You decide.
彼かれはそれに決きめた。

He decided on that.
行いくまいと決きめた。

I decided not to go.
コインで決きめよう。

Let's toss up for it.
私わたしは行いくと決きめた。

I've made up my mind to go.
まだ決きめてないの？

Haven't you decided yet?
まだ決きめてないの。

I haven't yet decided.
何なにするか決きめたの？

Have you decided what you're going to do?
トムは心こころを決きめた。

Tom made up his mind.
遊学ゆうがく先さきはもう決きめた？

Have you decided where you're going to go to study abroad?