• 決けつ定てい — decision
• 決けつ勝しょう — championship
• 解決かいけつ — resolution, settlement
• 決けっ心しん — determination
• 決けっ意い — resolve

決 combines the water radical (氵) with the phonetic element "夬" (ケツ), which implies forceful action or separation. The character originally referred to water breaking through a barrier — and by extension, to decisive or determined action. It now broadly expresses decisions, resolutions, and finality.

すぐに決きめてください。
Please decide quickly.

その決けつ定ていは 正ただしかった。
That decision was correct.

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