固定

こてい

fixing (in place)

N1 #3,974

Meanings

  1. noun, takes する, transitive, intransitive fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); securing; anchoring; fastening down
  2. fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same
  3. biology fixation (histology)
  4. noun, Internet slang, abbreviation user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
  5. Internet slang, abbreviation user of an online handle (instead of posting anonymously)

Its kanji

In sentences

書棚しょだなは壁かべに固定こていしたほうがいい。 You had better fix the bookcase to the wall. #147414

階級かいきゅう組織そしきは長ながい間あいだ固定こていされてきた。 The hierarchy of rank has long been fixed. #184911