決まり

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

きまり【決まり】

❶〔規則〕a rule; a regulation ⇒きそく（規則）

会の決まりを守る
follow [obey] 「the rules of the association [the club regulations]

決まりを破る
break [disobey] the rules ((of a group))

❷〔解決〕a settlement；〔決定〕a conclusion；〔合意〕an agreement；〔取り決め〕an arrangement

この件はなかなか決まりがつかない
This matter is proving rather hard to settle.

よし，それで話は決まりだ
Right. [O.K.] That settles it.

話は決まりがついた
We 「arrived at [reached] a conclusion [an agreement].

早く仕事に決まりをつけよう
Let's hurry up and finish the job.

❸〔習慣〕a habit; a custom

会社の帰りに一杯やるのが彼の決まりだ
He is in the habit of stopping for a drink on the way home from the office.

また彼のお決まりのぼやきが始まった
He's started on his usual grumbling again.

❹〔けじめ〕

生活にきちんと決まりをつけたらどうだ
How about putting a bit of order into your life?／How about trying to lead 「a more ordered [a better regulated/a more organized] life?

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」