責める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
責
せ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • 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 せめ​る [sèméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 責めろ せめ​ろ [sèméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 責められる せめられ​る [sèméráréꜜrù]
Causative 責めさせる せめさせ​る [sèmésáséꜜrù]
Potential 責められる せめられ​る [sèméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 責めよう せめよ​ー [sèméyóꜜò]
Negative 責めない せめ​ない [sèméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 責めなかった せめ​なかった [sèméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 責めます せめま​す [sèmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 責めた せ​めた [séꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 責めて せ​めて [séꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 責めれば せめ​れば [sèméꜜrèbà]

Verb

責(せ)める • (semeru) transitive ichidan (stem 責(せ)め (seme), past 責(せ)めた (semeta))

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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