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決める is an exact match with one form of the following word:
決める
BOOST
Reading : きめる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
3. to persist in doing; to go through with
4. to always do; to have made a habit of  (as 決めている)
5. to take for granted; to assume
6. to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines  (see also: キメ顔; usu. キメる)
7. to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
8. to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)  (martial arts term, sumo term)
9. to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 165,919 which gives a rank of 446
決める is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 51,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 569 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1326
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 22 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
わたし
まいにち
毎日
べんきょう
勉強
する
こと
めた

I decided to study every day.
かのじょ
彼女
りゅうがく
留学
する
こと
めた

She decided to study abroad.
ちょうしょく
朝食
コーヒーパン
めている

I always have coffee and toast for breakfast.
きめる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 117,000 (about 1,180,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 22 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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極める
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Reading : きめる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 7,980,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9602
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キメる
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Reading : きめる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
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ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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スイ   みず water   
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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キョク   ゴク    extreme, end, pole   きわめる to carry to its end   きわまる to reach an extreme   きわまり extremity   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
reach the mouth again
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reach
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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また again   
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