決

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decide

On-Yomi: ケツ — Kun-Yomi: き.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く

Koohii stories:

1) [CharleyGarrett] 28-4-2007(261): "Decide!" "Decide?! Death by drowning in polluted water or death by guillotine. How can I decide?" I asked.

2) [cangy] 2-4-2008(108): To decide if someone is a witch or not first dunk them in water. If they don't drown they are a witch and can be sent to the guillotine.

3) [uberclimber] 17-2-2011(31): (Seriously, do we really need the guillotine primitive? Surely key and person are adequate…) I have decided that drinking more water is the key to becoming a more healthy person. 決まる きまる be decided, fixed, certain; 決める きめる decide, fix, choose; 決心 けっしん determination, resolution; 決定 けってい decision, determination; 解決 かいけつ settlement, solution, resolution.

4) [dwhitman] 10-3-2008(31): Waterboarding? Guillotine? The Decider has decided both these are legal and moral. I keep mixing this up with choose (#1074 択). Try associating these negative options with our half-wit "decider" to build a distinction.

5) [akrodha] 23-5-2007(13): He was sentenced to death, but at least he was granted the ability to decide how: either by guillotine, or by chinese water torture.

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