決きまり手て

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Meanings

winning technique (sumo); clincher; decisive move

Primarily a sumo term for the technique with which a wrestler wins a bout. By extension, used figuratively for a decisive move or clincher in other competitive or argumentative contexts.

横よこ綱づなは寄より切きりを決きまり手てにして勝かった。
The yokozuna won with a yorikiri as his winning technique.
議ぎ論ろんの決きまり手ては彼かの女じょの一ひと言ことだった。
The clincher in the argument was her single remark.

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Kanji

決decide, fix, agree upon
手hand
極extreme, pole, extremely

Don't confuse with

決きめ手て
決まり手 is a distinct word used almost exclusively for the winning technique in a sumo match, while 決め手 is the general term for any decisive factor.
取とり口くち
決まり手 is the specific technique that officially decides the outcome of a sumo bout, while 取り口 refers to a wrestler's overall style and manner of fighting.

Built from

決きまる+手て

Written forms

決きまり手てUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; used in sumo contexts and by extension in other competitive or decisive situations.
決きまり手て
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 決まり手.
極きまり手て
Variant kanji spelling; rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 決まり (kimari, 'decision, settlement') + 手 (te, 'hand, technique'). The term originated in sumo to denote the technique that decides a match.