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意思決定過程 (いしけっていかてい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

意い思し決けっ定てい過か程てい

Meanings

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noun

decision-making process

A formal compound noun used in business, psychology, and administrative contexts to refer to the steps or procedure by which decisions are made.

意い思し決けっ定てい過か程ていを透とう明めい化かすることが重じゅう要ようだ。
It is important to make the decision-making process transparent.
この研けん究きゅうは消しょう費ひ者しゃの意い思し決けっ定てい過か程ていを分ぶん析せきしている。
This research analyzes the consumer decision-making process.

Written forms

意い思し決けっ定てい過か程てい
Standard spelling using 意思 (intention, will) for the decision-making process.
意い志し決けっ定てい過か程てい
Variant using 意志 (volition, willpower). Less common but still seen, especially in psychological or philosophical contexts.

Kanji

意idea, mind, heart
思

think

決decide, fix, agree upon

定determine, fix, establish

過overdo, exceed, go beyond

程extent, degree, law

志intention, plan, resolve

Similar words

意い思し決けっ定てい
意思決定 (decision-making) is the core concept; 意思決定過程 specifically refers to the process or steps involved.
決けつ断だん
決断 is a more personal, resolute decision, often implying a difficult choice, while 意思決定過程 is a systematic, often organizational process.

Etymology

Compound of 意思 (intention, will) + 決定 (decision, determination) + 過程 (process). The variant 意志決定過程 replaces 意思 with 意志 (volition), which is sometimes used in philosophical or psychological contexts to emphasize willpower.