決議|けつぎketsugi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbresolution; vote; decision
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 決議する（けつぎする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 決議します（けつぎします） |
| Negative (nai) | 決議しない（けつぎしない） |
| polite (masen) | 決議しません（けつぎしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 決議せず・決議せぬ（けつぎせず・けつぎせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 決議した（けつぎした） |
| polite (mashita) | 決議しました（けつぎしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 決議しなかった（けつぎしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 決議しませんでした（けつぎしませんでした） |
| Te form | 決議して（けつぎして） |
| Potential | 決議できる（けつぎできる） |
| Passive | 決議される（けつぎされる） |
| Causative | 決議させる（けつぎさせる） |
| Causative passive | 決議させられる（けつぎさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 決議すれば（けつぎすれば） |
| tara | 決議したら（けつぎしたら） |
| Volitional | 決議しよう（けつぎしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 決議しましょう（けつぎしましょう） |
| Imperative | 決議しろ（けつぎしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym議決ぎけつWrittenWritten register. A decision reached by a deliberative body after discussion, with an institutional-procedural flavor; 「決議」 is the decision a meeting produces.
- Related採決さいけつWrittenWritten register. Putting a matter to a vote, focusing on the act of voting itself; 「決議」 is the decision the meeting arrives at.
- Related表決ひょうけつWrittenWritten register. Voting to show whether one is for or against a proposal; 「決議」 is the decision itself, not the vote.
- Related決定けっていNeutralNeutral and fully general for any kind of decision; 「決議」 specifically covers decisions made at a meeting.
- Related決断けつだんNeutralNeutral. A resolute decision, with the stress on firm resolve, typically framed as one's own; 「決議」 is a decision formally adopted by a meeting or assembly.
- Related決めるきめるCasualColloquial verb, the everyday way to say 'decide'; 「決議」 is tied to meetings.
- Related取り決めるとりきめるNeutralNeutral. To agree on or settle something between the parties involved, or to conclude a contract; 「決議」 centers on meeting decisions.
- Related票決ひょうけつWrittenWritten register. Deciding by ballot, with emphasis on the vote count; a 「決議」 need not be reached by voting.
- Related論決ろんけつWrittenWritten and rare: deciding after discussion. In most cases say 「議決」 or 「決議」 instead.
Use 「決議」 for a decision made at a meeting or the act of deciding one there, as in 「国連決議」. Put a matter to a vote with 「採決」; a deliberative body's decision is 「議決」; for decisions in general say 「決定」, and for a resolute personal decision 「決断」.
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