Kimetsukeru

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決め付ける (Kimetsukeru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to fix upon (one-sidedly), to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case, to scold, to take (a person) to task”.

Meanings

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

Examples

  • He condemned racial discrimination as evil.

  • My boss took me to task for the poor quality of my work.

  • I was too hasty in concluding that he was lying.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 決め付ける

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