責める

Japanese
Kanji in this term
責
せ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the classical lower bigrade verb(マ行下二段活用) せむ. Cognate with 攻(せ)める (semeru), 迫(せま)る (semaru), 狭(せば)める (sebameru), 狭(せば)まる (sebamaru), and 狭(せま)い (semai).

Pronunciation
  • 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 せめ​る [sèméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 責めろ せめ​ろ [sèméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 責められる せめられ​る [sèméráréꜜrù]
Causative 責めさせる せめさせ​る [sèmésáséꜜrù]
Potential 責められる せめられ​る [sèméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 責めよう せめよ​ー [sèméyóꜜò]
Negative 責めない せめ​ない [sèméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 責めなかった せめ​なかった [sèméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 責めます せめま​す [sèmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 責めた せ​めた [séꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 責めて せ​めて [séꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 責めれば せめ​れば [sèméꜜrèbà]

Verb

責(せ)める • (semeru) transitive ichidan (stem 責(せ)め (seme), past 責(せ)めた (semeta))

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of "責める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 責め せめ seme
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 責め せめ seme
Shūshikei ("terminal") 責める せめる semeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 責める せめる semeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 責めれ せめれ semere
Meireikei ("imperative") 責めよ¹
責めろ²		 せめよ¹
せめろ²		 semeyo¹
semero²
Key constructions
Passive 責められる せめられる semerareru
Causative 責めさせる
責めさす		 せめさせる
せめさす		 semesaseru
semesasu
Potential 責められる
責めれる³		 せめられる
せめれる³		 semerareru
semereru³
Volitional 責めよう せめよう semeyō
Negative 責めない
責めぬ
責めん		 せめない
せめぬ
せめん		 semenai
semenu
semen
Negative continuative 責めず せめず semezu
Formal 責めます せめます sememasu
Perfective 責めた せめた semeta
Conjunctive 責めて せめて semete
Hypothetical conditional 責めれば せめれば semereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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
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