I Love Kanji決める (kimeru)
決める (きめる, kimeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to decide; to choose”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- きめる
- Romaji
- kimeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve · ichidan verb, transitive
- to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to persist in doing; to go through with · ichidan verb, transitive
- to always do; to have made a habit of · ichidan verb, transitive · as 決めている
- to take for granted; to assume · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 決める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 決める | きめる kimeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 決めます | きめます kimemasu |
| Negative | 決めない | きめない kimenai |
| Polite negative | 決めません | きめません kimemasen |
| Past | 決めた | きめた kimeta |
| Polite past | 決めました | きめました kimemashita |
| Negative past | 決めなかった | きめなかった kimenakatta |
| Te-form | 決めて | きめて kimete |
| Potential | 決められる | きめられる kimerareru |
| Passive | 決められる | きめられる kimerareru |
| Causative | 決めさせる | きめさせる kimesaseru |
| Volitional | 決めよう | きめよう kimeyou |
| Imperative | 決めろ | きめろ kimero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 決めれば | きめれば kimereba |
Kanji in 決める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 決める.
決まるきまるto be decided決してけっして(not) ever解決かいけつsettlement決心けっしんdetermination決定けっていdecision決まりきまりrule決行けっこうdoing (with resolve)可決かけつapproval決けつdecision採決さいけつvote決意けついdecision決議けつぎresolution決算けっさんsettlement of accounts決勝けっしょうdecision of a contest
Source: JMdict entry 1254180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.