We carry out the procedure in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Please act in accordance with the company's rules.
この定めは来月から施行される。
This regulation will come into effect next month.
Refers to an inevitable outcome or predetermined course of events, often with a poetic or philosophical nuance. Can imply a sense of resignation or acceptance.
人は誰も定めから逃れられない。
No one can escape their destiny.
彼は自分の定めを受け入れた。
He accepted his fate.
人はいつか死ぬのが定めだ。
It is every person's fate to die someday.
They live abiding by the village's rules.
He has lived accepting his own fate.
規則 is the plain, standard word for 'rule' or 'regulation', while 定め is more formal and carries a sense of tradition or fixed authority.
宿命 stresses an inescapable, predetermined fate one is born with, whereas 定め has a softer, more poetic tone and can also refer to a rule.
掟 refers to a customary or community rule (often unwritten), while 定め can refer to any established rule, written or fated.
decide; determine; fix · establish; lay down; stipulate · bring peace; make peaceful; settle
evaluation; appraisal; assessment
surely; no doubt; I'm sure
surely; certainly; no doubt
marriage contract; engagement agreement
uncertain; transient; changeable
Standard kanji spelling; used for both 'rule' and 'fate' senses.
The noun form of the verb 定める (sadameru, 'to decide, establish'). The kanji 定 carries the meaning of 'determine, fix, settle'.