決める

きめるkimeru

decide

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 変える, 与える, 見せる

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative決めますきめますkimemasu
    2. negative決めませんきめませんkimemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative決めましたきめましたkimemashita
    2. negative決めませんでしたきめませんでしたkimemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 決めてきめてkimete
    2. request決めてくださいきめてくださいkimete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 決めましょうきめましょうkimemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative決めたいきめたいkimetai
    2. negative決めたくないきめたくないkimetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative決めるきめるkimeru
    2. negative決めないきめないkimenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative決めたきめたkimeta
    2. negative決めなかったきめなかったkimenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain決めているきめているkimete iru
    2. polite決めていますきめていますkimete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain決められるきめられるkimerareru
    2. polite決められますきめられますkimeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 決めたらきめたらkimetara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain決められるきめられるkimerareru
    2. polite決められますきめられますkimeraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 決めようきめようkimeyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order決めろきめろkimero
    2. ban決めるなきめるなkimeru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative決めればきめればkimereba
    2. negative決めなければきめなければkimenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain決めさせるきめさせるkimesaseru
    2. polite決めさせますきめさせますkimesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain決めさせられるきめさせられるkimesaserareru
    2. polite決めさせられますきめさせられますkimesaseraremasu