Vocabulary

What does 決め付ける (きめつける, kimetsukeru) mean?

決め付ける (きめつける, kimetsukeru) means to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case.

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Readingきめつける
Romajikimetsukeru
Part of speechichidan verb, transitive
きめつける
kimetsukeru

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case

  1. 1ichidan verb · transitive to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
  2. 2ichidan verb · transitive to scold; to take (a person) to task

Also written: 決めつける

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