せめ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
攻め

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せめ [sèméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [se̞me̞]

Noun

せめ • (seme) 

1. 攻め: attacking
2. 攻め: (fandom slang) top (originally referring to male gay ships); seme

Coordinate terms

• (fandom slang): 受(う)け (uke, “bottom”)

Derived terms

• 総攻(そうせ)め (sōseme)

Descendants

• → English: seme
• → Chinese: 攻 (gōng) (semantic loan)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of せめ – see the following entry.

【責め】 [noun] blame, blaming, reproval [noun] indebtedness, debt [noun] responsibility, duty [noun] torture Alternative spelling 責

(This term, せめ (seme), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as せめ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as せめ.)