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決め付ける

きめつける

Readings

きめつける

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vtto fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
  2. 2.
    v1, vtto scold; to take (a person) to task

Kanji breakdown

N47 strokesGrade 3
N45 strokesGrade 4

Example sentences

そういうの、先入観っていうんだよっ!体験したこと無いのに、決め付けるのはよくないっ!

That's what they call 'prejudice'! It's wrong to make your mind up on something you've never experienced!

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.

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決め付けるきめつける

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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