Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From the classical lower bigrade verb(マ行下二段活用) せむ. 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 "責める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
責める [sèméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 責めろ [sèméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 責められる められ [sèméráréꜜrù]
Causative 責めさせる めさせ [sèmésáséꜜrù]
Potential 責められる められ [sèméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 責めよう めよ [sèméyóꜜò]
Negative 責めない ない [sèméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 責めなかった なかった [sèméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 責めます めま [sèmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 責めた めた [séꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 責めて めて [séꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 責めれば れば [sèméꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

Synonyms 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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN