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決まる

To Be Decided

Meaning

To Be Decided, To Be Settled

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

You've hopefully seen the word 決める before. This is similar, except instead of deciding something, something gets decided. Rules are decided, a schedule gets decided — that kind of thing. It's intransitive, so it doesn't take a direct object. So 決まる means to be decided. Verbs ending in okurigana that rhyme with ある tend to be intransitive like this. You can remember this because if something is ある, it's just there, existing, not acting on anything else. That's why verbs that sound like it are often intransitive too!

Reading

きまる

Explanation

The reading is the same as 決める, so make sure you know that word so you can apply that knowledge over here.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • しごとが決まる

    job is decided

    時間が決まる

    the time is decided

    場所が決まる

    location is decided

  • やることは決まる

    task is decided

    心は決まる

    one's mind is made up

    これは決まる

    this will be decided

  • 行くことに決まる

    to be decided that someone will go

    五日に決まる

    to be decided on the fifth

    一年前に決まる

    to be decided a year in advance

Context Sentences

ねえママ、今日は何を食べるか決まるのはいつ？

Hey mom, when will it be decided what we will eat today?

いつが入学の日か決まりました？

Has the day of enrollment been decided?

ルームメイトの数が多すぎて、中々家のルールが決まらない。

There are too many roommates and the house rules have yet to be decided.

Kanji Composition