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取り決める · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	取とり決きめる	取とり決きめない
Polite	取とり決きめます	取とり決きめません
Past polite	取とり決きめました	取とり決きめませんでした
Past	取とり決きめた	取とり決きめなかった
Te-form	取とり決きめて	取とり決きめないで
Desire	取とり決きめたい	取とり決きめたくない
Potential	取とり決きめられるalso 取とり決きめれる	取とり決きめられないalso 取とり決きめれない
Passive	取とり決きめられる	取とり決きめられない
Causative	取とり決きめさせる	取とり決きめさせない
Causative passive	取とり決きめさせられる	取とり決きめさせられない
Volitional	取とり決きめよう
Polite volitional	取とり決きめましょう
Imperative	取とり決きめろ	取とり決きめるな
Conditional	取とり決きめれば	取とり決きめなければ
Tara conditional	取とり決きめたら	取とり決きめなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

agree on; decide upon; conclude (a contract)

Used when parties reach a mutual decision or formal agreement through discussion. Often appears in business, legal, or diplomatic contexts.

両りょう社しゃは契けい約やくの条じょう件けんを取とり決きめた。
The two companies agreed on the terms of the contract.
会かい議ぎで来らい月げつの日にっ程ていを取とり決きめましょう。
Let's decide on next month's schedule at the meeting.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と〈事こと〉を取とり決きめるto work out and agree on something with someone
両りょう社しゃは取とり引ひき条じょう件けんを取とり決きめた。
The two companies agreed on the terms of the deal.
〈事こと〉について取とり決きめるto reach a settled agreement regarding something
会かい議ぎで日にっ程ていについて取とり決きめた。
They settled on the schedule at the meeting.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
決decide, fix, agree upon
極extreme, pole, extremely

Related words

決きめるN4
決める is the general, everyday verb for deciding anything, while 取り決める specifically implies a formal or mutual agreement reached through discussion.
合ごう意いN2
合意する focuses on the abstract state of reaching consensus, while 取り決める stresses fixing the concrete terms of that agreement.
定さだめるN2
定める is used for formally establishing rules, laws, or standards, whereas 取り決める centers on parties negotiating and settling terms between themselves.
契けい約やくN3
契約する specifically means to sign a binding contract, while 取り決める can cover looser arrangements as well as formal contracts.

Don't confuse with

取とり消けすN3
取り決める means to settle or agree on terms, while 取り消す (similar 取り〜 form) means to cancel or retract something entirely.
取とりまとめる
取り決める means to decide or fix the terms of something through negotiation, while 取りまとめる means to gather and organize items or opinions, which may or may not end in a formal decision.

Word family

取とり決きめN1
decision; agreement; arrangement

Built from

取とる+決きめる

Written forms

取とり決きめるUsage54%
Standard modern spelling with 決. High priority in news and frequency lists.
取とり決きめるUsage39%
Abbreviated kanji form without り; seen in some formal or compact writing.
とりきめるUsage5%
取とり極きめるUsage2%
Variant using 極, less common and somewhat dated.
取とり極きめる
Rare variant combining the abbreviated form with 極.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (prefix adding nuance of 'taking' or 'doing carefully') and 決める (to decide). The combination conveys a deliberate, often mutual decision-making process.