JLPT N4 · Verb

決まる (kimaru)

決まる (きまる, kimaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be decided; to be settled”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きまる
Romaji: kimaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged · godan verb, intransitive
to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set · godan verb, intransitive · as 決まっている or 決まった
to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge · godan verb, intransitive · as ...と決まっている
to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.); to go well; to succeed; to connect (of a punch) · godan verb, intransitive
to look good (of clothing); to look sharp; to be stylish; to suit one; to be held in place (of a hairdo) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

いつ始めるのかはまだ決まっていない。

It is still undecided when we will begin.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 決まる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	決まる	きまる kimaru
Polite (~masu)	決まります	きまります kimarimasu
Negative	決まらない	きまらない kimaranai
Polite negative	決まりません	きまりません kimarimasen
Past	決まった	きまった kimatta
Polite past	決まりました	きまりました kimarimashita
Negative past	決まらなかった	きまらなかった kimaranakatta
Te-form	決まって	きまって kimatte
Potential	決まれる	きまれる kimareru
Passive	決まられる	きまられる kimarareru
Causative	決まらせる	きまらせる kimaraseru
Volitional	決まろう	きまろう kimarou
Imperative	決まれ	きまれ kimare
Conditional (~ba)	決まれば	きまれば kimareba

Kanji in 決まる

決

decide, fix, agree uponケツ・き.める・-ぎ.め · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 決まる.

決めるきめるto decide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 1591420 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.