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運命づける (うんめいづける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
ichidan verb
predestine ; preordain ; fate
Used to express that a situation or outcome is determined by fate or destiny, often in a dramatic or literary context. Commonly appears in passive form 運命づけられている (is destined/fated).
する
よう
運うん
命めい
づけ
られ
て
いる
。
This plan is fated to fail.
Written forms 運うん 命めい づける
Standard spelling using 運命 (fate) + づける (to attach).
運うん 命めい 付づ ける
Alternate spelling using the kanji 付 instead of the okurigana づ. Less common but valid.
Kanji 付 adhere, attach, refer to Similar words 運うん 命めい 運命 is the noun 'fate' or 'destiny', while 運命づける is the verb meaning 'to predestine' or 'to make something fated'.
定さだ める 定める means 'to decide' or 'to establish' in a general sense, without the strong connotation of fate or supernatural determination that 運命づける carries.
Etymology Compound of 運命 (fate, destiny) + 付ける/づける (to attach, to assign). The verb づける is a rendaku form of 付ける, used as a suffix meaning 'to give something a certain quality or attribute'. Literally 'to attach fate to', hence 'to predestine'.
