Lingaku責める【せめる】
Frequency rank: 3,288. – 3,289.
- to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse
- to urge; to press; to pester
- to torture; to torment; to persecute
- to break in (a horse)
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
- 責める【せめる】Frequency rank: 3,288. – 3,289.
- せめる
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse
- to urge; to press; to pester
- to torture; to torment; to persecute
- to break in (a horse)
This meaning is used when attributing fault to someone or expressing disapproval of their actions.
This meaning conveys a sense of persistent encouragement or insistence on action from someone.
This sense is used to describe inflicting severe mental or physical suffering upon someone.
This meaning refers specifically to training a horse to accept a rider and carry out commands.
Generated collocations (experimental)
せめる責めることきごう(せめることきごう)the act of blamingせめられる責められるきごう(せめられるきごう)to be blamedせめる責めるべきあいて相手きごう(せめるべきあいてきごう)the person to blameせめられている責められているきごう(せめられているきごう)being accusedせめる責めるのはかんたん簡単だきごう(せめるのはかんたんだきごう)it's easy to blameせめる責めるいっぽう一方きごう(せめるいっぽうきごう)to keep blaming without considerationせめ責めあう合うきごう(せめあうきごう)to accuse each otherじぶん自分をせめる責めるきごう(じぶんをせめるきごう)to blame oneselfせめ責めをかんじる感じるきごう(せめをかんじるきごう)to feel the blameせめ責めつづける続けるきごう(せめつづけるきごう)to continue to blameせめる責めることができないきごう(せめることができないきごう)unable to blame
Example sentences
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She accused her husband of having been disloyal to her.
They accused him of being in the classroom in order to cause trouble.