責める

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From the classical lower bigrade verb(マ行下二段活用) せむ. Cognate with ()める (semeru), (せま) (semaru), (せば)める (sebameru), (せば)まる (sebamaru), and (せま) (semai).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「責める
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
責める [sèméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 責めろ [sèméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 責められる められ [sèméráréꜜrù]
Causative 責めさせる めさせ [sèmésáséꜜrù]
Potential 責められる められ [sèméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 責めよう めよ [sèméyóꜜò]
Negative 責めない ない [sèméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 責めなかった なかった [sèméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 責めます めま [sèmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 責めた めた [séꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 責めて めて [séꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 責めれば れば [sèméꜜrèbà]

Verb

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()める (semerutransitive ichidan (stem () (seme), past ()めた (semeta))

  1. to blame
  2. to scold
  3. to pester, to press someone to do something
  4. to torment

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN