決: to decide

決 [决] jué

adverb
: to decide; to determine; to judge
: to execute (somebody)
: (of a dam etc) to breach or burst
: definitely; certainly

Kun Reading

決め | きめ kime

noun | noun suffix
: agreement; rule

決め | ぎめ gime

noun | noun suffix
: contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)

決り | きまり kimari

noun | no-adjective
: rule; regulation
: settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
: habit; custom; habitual way
: countenance in front of another person; face
: (Archaism) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute

決る | きまる kimaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be decided; to be settled
: to look good in (clothes)

決す | けっす kessu

godan verb with su ending
: to decide; to determine

決める | きめる kimeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: 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
: to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
: to persist in doing; to go through with
: to always do; to have made a habit of
: to take for granted; to assume
: to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
: to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
: (Martial arts term) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

決して | けして keshite

adverb
: never; by no means; decidedly; indisputably

決る | しゃくる shakuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: (Usually written using kana alone) to dig out; to gouge out; to hollow out
: to scoop; to ladle; to bail
: to jerk (one’s chin)

決[决]定 jue2ding4: to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly
[決定 | けってい kettei: decision; determination]

決[决]心 jue2xin1: determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one’s mind
[決心 | けっしん kesshin: determination; resolution]

下定決心 [下定决心] xia4 ding4 jue2 xin1: to make a firm resolution

決議 [决议] jue2yi4: resolution; decision (of a congress)
[決議 | けつぎ ktsugi: resolution; vote; decision]

決賽 [决赛] jue2sai4: finals (of a competition)

決[决]口 jue2kou3: be breached; burst

解決[决] jie3jue2: to settle (a dispute); to resolve; to solve; to dispose of; to dispatch
[解決 | かいけつ kaiketsu: settlement; solution; resolution]

堅決 [坚决] jian1jue2: firm; resolute; determined

否決[决] fou3jue2: to veto; to overrule
[否決 | ひけつ hiketsu: rejection; negation; voting down]

判決[决] pan4jue2: judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on; to sentence
[判決 | はんけつ hanketsu: judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree]

裁決[决] cai2jue2: ruling; adjudication
[裁決 | さいけつ saiketsu: decision; ruling; judgement; judgment]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
一大決心 | いちだいけっしん ichidai kesshin
: (yoji) momentous (crucial) decision

即断即決 | そくだんそっけつ sokudan sokketsu
: (yoji) making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions

短期決戦 | たんきけっせん tanki kessen
: (yoji) decisive battle of brief duration

*速戦即決 | そくせんそっけつ sokusen sokketsu
: (yoji) quick battle for a quick victory; blitzkrieg

決心が鈍る | けっしんがにぶる kesshin ga nifuru
: to waver in one’s resolution

決心が揺らぐ | けっしんがゆらぐ kesshin ga yuragu
: to lose one’s resolve; to have one’s resolution waver

決心を固める | けっしんをかためる kesshin o katameru
: to make a firm resolution

心を決める | こころをきめる kokoro o kimeru
: to resolve to do; to make up one’s mind to do; to set one’s heart on; to have one’s heart set on

眦を決して | まなじりをけっして manajiri o kesshite
: with one’s eyes flashing

決まりが悪い | きまりがわるい kimari ga warui
: embarrassed; ashamed

時が解決する | ときがかいけつする toki ga kaiketsu suru
: time will cure all; time heals all wounds

Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
*速戰速決 [速战速决] su4 zhan4 su4 jue2
: a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve something in the shortest time possible; to get something done quickly

決勝千里 [决胜千里] jue2 sheng4 qian1 li3
: to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away
OR
運籌帷幄之中，決勝千里之外 [运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外] yun4 chou2 wei2 wo4 zhi1 zhong1 , jue2 sheng4 qian1 li3 zhi1 wai4
: a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle