決きめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

decide; choose; determine; settle; fix; appoint

Broad core sense: to make a decision, choose among options, or set something definitively. Covers personal decisions, arrangements, and official determinations.

• 会かい議ぎの日にち時じを決きめましょう。

  Let's decide the date and time of the meeting.

• 彼かれは進しん学がく先さきを決きめた。

  He decided where to go for further education.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

clinch (a victory); decide (the outcome)

Used in sports or contests when a decisive play or moment determines the winner.

• 彼かれのホームランが試し合あいを決きめた。

  His home run decided the game.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

persist in doing; go through with

Expresses determination to carry out an action, often with a nuance of resolve. Common in the pattern 〜と決めて.

• 彼かれは毎まい朝あさジョギングすると決きめている。

  He is determined to go jogging every morning.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

always do; have made a habit of

Used in the form 決めている to describe a habitual action one has settled on. Similar to sense 3 but emphasizes the established habit.

• 彼かれは昼ちゅう食しょくはいつもそばと決きめている。

  He always has soba for lunch, as a rule.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

take for granted; assume

To assume something as a given, often without verification. Frequently used in the pattern 〜と決めてかかる.

• 彼かれが来くるものと決きめてかかっていた。

  I took it for granted that he would come.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

dress up; dress to kill; dress to the nines

Slang for dressing stylishly or sharply. Often written in katakana as キメる.

• 今こん夜やはキメて出でかけよう。

  Let's dress up and go out tonight.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

carry out successfully (a move, pose, etc.); succeed in doing

Used in sports, dance, or performance to mean executing a move or pose perfectly. Also slangy; katakana キメる is common.

• 彼かれはダンスのフィニッシュをキメた。

  He nailed the finishing pose of the dance.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

immobilize with a double-arm lock (sumo, judo, etc.)

Martial arts term: to pin or lock an opponent's arms. Domain-specific to sumo and judo.

• 力りき士しは相あい手てを決きめて勝かった。

  The sumo wrestler immobilized his opponent with a double-arm lock and won.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

eat or drink something; take illegal drugs

Slang for consuming something, especially drugs. Often written in katakana as キメる. The eating/drinking sense is less common.

• 彼かれはパーティーで酒さけをキメていた。

  He was drinking heavily at the party.