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決まる

決まる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
決
き
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

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Verb

決まる ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana きまる, romaji kimaru)

  1. to be decided, to be concluded, to be brought to a resolution

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References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
  4. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Etymology

Derived as the intransitive form of Old Japanese verb 決む ‎(kimu, “to decide something, to conclude something; to be decided, to be concluded”).[1][2][3]

The source verb kimu appears to follow a common pattern in Old Japanese verbs where the bare form is either transitive or intransitive, depending on context. This pattern persists in some modern verbs, such as つく ‎(tsuku). Many of these Old Japanese verbs developed explicit transitive and intransitive forms, with one group adopting an -aru on the end for the intransitive (as the 未然形 ‎(mizenkei, “irrealis or incomplete form”) ending in -a + the conjugating る ‎(ru) as the basic spontaneous or passive verb ending), and an -eru on the end for the transitive (as the 已然形 ‎(izenkei, “realis or potential form”) + the disappearing る ‎(ru) as a generic verb ending).

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