decide

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 決 has 7 strokes and concerns decisions or settled outcomes.
• Basic usage: 決まる is read きまる, and 決める is read きめる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Being decided and deciding
  • 日程がようやく決まった presents the result of the schedule being settled.
  • 旅行の日程を決める presents someone deciding the schedule, with を marking what is decided.
• The content of a decision
  • Before と in 魚料理にしようと朝から決めていた comes the decision to have fish.