Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Sound change from 取って締める, the ren'yōkei form of 取る (to take) combined with the conjunctive particle and 締める (to be strict with).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [to̞t̚t͡ɕime̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

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()っちめる (totchimerutransitive ichidan (stem ()っちめ (totchime), past ()っちめた (totchimeta))

  1. to criticize harshly, to scold, to berate[1]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN