Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix.
  2. to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match).
  3. to persist in doing, to go through with.
  4. to always do, to have made a habit of. As 決めている.
  5. to take for granted, to assume.
  6. to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines.
  7. to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing.
  8. Martial arts term, sumo term.to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.).
  9. to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
決める きめる
 
 
極める きめる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

decide, fix, agree upon
き.める ケツ さ.く (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
decide, determine, archery glove
カイ ケツ ケチ (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)