Lingaku占める【しめる】
Frequency rank: 7,468. – 7,471.
- to occupy; to hold
- to account for; to make up; to take up
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
- 占める【しめる】Frequency rank: 7,468. – 7,471.
- しめるFrequency rank: 8,257. – 8,270.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to occupy; to hold
- to account for; to make up; to take up
This meaning refers to taking physical space or having possession of something, either literally or figuratively.
This meaning involves constituting a part of a whole or explaining the proportion of something.
Generated collocations (experimental)
しめる占めるちい地位position occupiedしじょう市場をしめる占めるto occupy the marketわりあい割合をしめる占めるto account for a percentageじゅうよう重要なやくわり役割をしめる占めるto play an important roleとっぷトップをしめる占めるto take the top positionめんせき面積をしめる占めるto take up spaceかれ彼はかぞく家族のなか中でおおきな大きなわりあい割合をしめる占めるhe accounts for a large percentage in the familyじかん時間をしめる占めるto take up timeせきにん責任をしめる占めるto hold responsibilityこのはんい範囲がぜんたい全体のごれい50ぱあせんと%をしめる占めるthis area occupies 50% of the total
Example sentences
34 results
Japanese cultured pearls have come to monopolise as much as 60% of the world pearl market.
Work is a very important part of life in the United States.
Land occupies the minor portion of the earth's surface.
They make up about 12.5 percent of the total population.
Foreign workers make up 30% of his company.
Japan is a service economy, in which services account for more than 50% of the GNP.
12. にっぽん日本のおうでぃいええＯＤＡはへんさい返済きかん期間さんじゅうねん３０年、りりつ利率に２ぱあせんと％ぜんご前後というじょうけん条件のゆるい緩いえんしゃっかん円借款がだいぶぶん大部分をしめる占める。
Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
The election gave the party a role in the government.
Between them, the two largest companies account for a share of more than 50% of the market.
The debt-servicing cost on bonds will take up major portion of the budget.