せしめる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せしめ​る [sèshíméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ɕime̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

せしめる • (seshimeru) ^{←せしめる (sesimeru)?}transitive ichidan (stem せしめ (seshime), past せしめた (seshimeta))

1. to make something one's own by scheming

   10(じゅう)億(おく)円(えん)をせしめた

   jūoku-en o seshimeta

   (please add an English translation of this example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "せしめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	せしめ	seshime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	せしめ	seshime
Shūshikei ("terminal")	せしめる	seshimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	せしめる	seshimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	せしめれ	seshimere
Meireikei ("imperative")	せしめよ¹ せしめろ²	seshimeyo¹ seshimero²
Key constructions
Passive	せしめられる	seshimerareru
Causative	せしめさせる せしめさす	seshimesaseru seshimesasu
Potential	せしめられる せしめれる³	seshimerareru seshimereru³
Volitional	せしめよう	seshimeyō
Negative	せしめない せしめぬ せしめん	seshimenai seshimenu seshimen
Negative continuative	せしめず	seshimezu
Formal	せしめます	seshimemasu
Perfective	せしめた	seshimeta
Conjunctive	せしめて	seshimete
Hypothetical conditional	せしめれば	seshimereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ɕime̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

せしめる • (seshimeru) ^{←せしめる (sesimeru)?}

1. (literary, formal) Modernized form of せしむ (seshimu, verb, lower bigrade); causative of する (suru, “to do”)

   Synonym: (modern non-literary language) させる (saseru)

   体(たい)温(おん)を下(か)降(こう)せしめる

   taion o kakō seshimeru

   lower its body temperature

Conjugation

Conjugation of "せしめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	せしめ	seshime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	せしめ	seshime
Shūshikei ("terminal")	せしめる	seshimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	せしめる	seshimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	せしめれ	seshimere
Meireikei ("imperative")	せしめよ¹ せしめろ²	seshimeyo¹ seshimero²
Key constructions
Passive	せしめられる	seshimerareru
Causative	せしめさせる せしめさす	seshimesaseru seshimesasu
Potential	せしめられる せしめれる³	seshimerareru seshimereru³
Volitional	せしめよう	seshimeyō
Negative	せしめない せしめぬ せしめん	seshimenai seshimenu seshimen
Negative continuative	せしめず	seshimezu
Formal	せしめます	seshimemasu
Perfective	せしめた	seshimeta
Conjunctive	せしめて	seshimete
Hypothetical conditional	せしめれば	seshimereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential