決まって・極まって・決って|きまってkimatte[0]heiban (flat)

1. adverbalways; without fail; invariably; usually; regularly
   スミスは日曜日にちようびにはきまってやってくる。↗

   Mr. Smith is sure to come on Sunday.

• Synonym常につねにWrittenWritten/formal prose for 'always, at all times'. 決まって instead stresses that something happens without fail whenever a particular situation arises.
• SynonymいつもNeutralThe everyday default for 'always, usually'. 決まって is narrower: it stresses that something inevitably happens each time a certain condition is met.
• SynonymしょっちゅうCasualColloquial: 'often, all the time', for things that happen frequently. 決まって stresses that something happens without fail on every occasion.
• Related絶えずたえずNeutralMeans 'constantly, without interruption' — an unbroken ongoing state. 決まって instead stresses that something happens inevitably on every occasion.
• Related始終しじゅうNeutralMeans 'from start to finish, continuously'. 決まって stresses inevitability on each occasion rather than unbroken continuity.
• Related四六時中しろくじちゅうNeutralA four-character idiom meaning 'around the clock, day and night'. 決まって stresses that something happens inevitably each time a situation arises.
• Related常々つねづねWrittenWritten/formal: 'usually, habitually', as in 「常々思う」. 決まって stresses that something happens without fail each time.
• RelatedいつでもNeutralMeans 'at any time, whenever you like'. 決まって instead stresses that something inevitably happens each time a certain condition is met.
• Related年中ねんじゅうNeutralMeans 'all year round, throughout the year'. 決まって stresses inevitability on each occasion rather than year-long duration.
• Related明け暮れあけくれNeutralMeans spending all one's time on something, day in, day out. 決まって stresses that something happens inevitably each time.
• Related常つねWrittenA noun for 'the usual state of things'. 決まって is an adverb stressing that something happens without fail each time.
• Related年がら年中ねんがらねんじゅうCasualColloquial: 'all year round, year in and year out'. 決まって stresses inevitability on each occasion, not year-round duration.
• Related毎々まいまいWrittenWritten/formal: 'each time, frequently'. 決まって stresses that something happens without fail every time.
• Related年百年中ねんびゃくねんじゅうCasualColloquial and emphatic: 'all year round, always'. 決まって stresses that something happens without fail on each occasion.
• Related常住坐臥じょうじゅうざがWrittenA four-character idiom for 'at all times, in one's daily life, sitting or sleeping'. 決まって stresses inevitability on each occasion.
• Related間断なくかんだんなくWrittenA set phrase meaning 'continuously, without a break'. 決まって stresses that something happens inevitably on every occasion.

Use 「決まって」 when something inevitably happens whenever a certain situation arises, as in 「雨の日は決まって遅れる」. For plain 'always' use 「いつも」 or 「常に」; for 'frequently' 「しょっちゅう」; for 'continuously' 「始終」; for 'all year round' 「年中」.

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1. いつも同おなじように起おこる、または同おなじようにする。