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21 Jan 2015
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What is the difference between 決める and 決める ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 決める and 決める ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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As most of such coupples, one is transitive (決める), the other is intransitive (決まる).
The first describes an action and requires a subject (the person who decides) and an object (the argument to be decided).
The second describes a status and requires only a subject: the object of the decision.

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