所定

• 読み: しょてい
• ローマ字: shotei
• 漢字の分解: 所 (sho) — place, that which; 定 (tei) — fix, determine
• 発音: /ɕo.teː/

意味

Prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed. Referring to something officially decided or established in advance.

A no-adjective used before nouns to indicate something that has been officially determined or prescribed. Very common in bureaucratic, legal, and business Japanese: 所定の手続き (prescribed procedures), 所定の用紙 (designated form), 所定の位置 (designated position). Implies official authority behind the designation.

例文

1. 所定の用紙に記入してください。
2. 荷物は所定の場所に置いてください。
3. 所定の手続きを経て許可が下りた。

使い方ガイド

場面: bureaucracy, business, official documents

トーン: official

起源と歴史

From Chinese, combining 所 (place, that which) and 定 (fix, determine). Literally 'that which has been fixed/determined.' The compound emphasises the authoritative, predetermined nature of a rule or arrangement.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal