きめつける
Kimetsukeru
Other forms: 決めつける
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
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto scold; to take (a person) to task
Examples
彼は人種差別を悪だと決めつけた。
He condemned racial discrimination as evil.
上司は僕の仕事振りがいい加減だと決め付けた。
My boss took me to task for the poor quality of my work.
私は早合点して彼がうそをついているのだと決めつけてしまった。
I was too hasty in concluding that he was lying.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).