Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From the Classical Japanese verb せむ (semu).

Cognate with ()める (semeru), (せま) (semaru), (せば)める (sebameru), (せば)まる (sebamaru), and (せま) (semai).

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. to attack; to assault
    ロシアはドイツを()めた
    Roshia wa doitsu o semeta.
    Russia attacked Germany.
  2. (informal) to take a risky and bold approach

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

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