How to say "fixed" in Japanese

• 既定きていCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'fixed' in the sense of predetermined or prearranged, as in decisions or policies already established beforehand. Use it when something was fixed by prior decision, not merely designated or settled.
• 所定しょていJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'fixed' meaning prescribed or designated, typically for formal contexts such as an appointed place, time, or procedure set by rules. It suggests something fixed by an authority or regulation.
  私わたしたちは所定しょていの場所ばしょで会あった。↗

  We met at the designated spot.
• 落ち着いたおちついたCommon
  prenominal modifierFor 'fixed' meaning settled or established in a physical or situational sense, such as a stable position, gaze, or settled state of affairs. It is not the word for officially predetermined things.

Use 既定 for something fixed or predetermined in advance, 所定 for fixed or prescribed places, times, or procedures, and 「落ち着いた」 for a settled, stable state rather than anything officially set.

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• 既定きていestablished
• 所定しょていprescribed
• フィクストfixed
• 決まりきったきまりきったfixed
• 作り付けつくりつけbuilt-in
• 定型的ていけいてきtypical
• 付けづけdated
• 確定的かくていてきdefinite
• 落ち着いたおちついたsettled
• 定置ていちfixed