"定め" meaning in Japanese

See 定め in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sa̠da̠me̞] Forms: 定め [canonical] (ruby: (さだ)), sadame [romanization]
Etymology: 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 定(さだ)める (sadameru). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|定める|さだめる||pos=}} 定(さだ)める (sadameru), {{ja-etym-renyokei|定める|さだめる}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 定(さだ)める (sadameru). Head templates: {{ja-noun|さだめ}} 定(さだ)め • (sadame)
  1. law, regulations, customs, that which has been decided and is widely held
    Sense id: en-定め-ja-noun-XEnaJrse Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 25 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 36 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 38 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 36 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 11 11
  2. destiny, fate, predestination, the future which has already been decided
    Sense id: en-定め-ja-noun-b~KTXUXs Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 38 32
  3. decision, judgment
    Sense id: en-定め-ja-noun-aEr0H42b Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 38 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 38 32
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Download raw JSONL data for 定め meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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