決め付ける

きめつける

Also written 決めつける

Meanings

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

Kanji

• 決 decide. Read as きめる.
• 付 attach. Read as つける.

Example sentences

• 私は早合点して彼がうそをついているのだと決めつけてしまった。
  I was too hasty in concluding that he was lying.
• 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.

Common phrases

• 犯人と決めつける

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