咎める
N1とがめる togameru
- to blame
- to find fault
- to take someone to task
- to aggravate (an injury)
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
责备;盘问
Examples
- 先生は彼女が間違ったことを咎めた。The teacher blamed her for the mistake.老师责备她做错了事。
- 守衛にとがめられた。I was challenged by a gatekeeper.被门卫盘问了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c4a19532a5'); // 咎める
{
"id": "c4a19532a5",
"word": "咎める",
"reading": "とがめる",
"romaji": "togameru",
"meanings": [
"to blame",
"to find fault",
"to take someone to task",
"to aggravate (an injury)"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1565100,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "先生は彼女が間違ったことを咎めた。",
"furigana": "{先生|せんせい}は{彼女|かのじょ}が{間違|まちが}ったことを{咎|とが}めた。",
"en": "The teacher blamed her for the mistake.",
"tatoeba_id": 141507
},
{
"ja": "守衛にとがめられた。",
"furigana": "{守衛|しゅえい}にとがめられた。",
"en": "I was challenged by a gatekeeper.",
"tatoeba_id": 148668
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "4e3c23aa2ef64bdf877c49614cd487b6012bdcec8ddfdd6c217171cbb27e81f0",
"meanings": [
"责备",
"盘问"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "先生は彼女が間違ったことを咎めた。",
"zh": "老师责备她做错了事。"
},
{
"ja": "守衛にとがめられた。",
"zh": "被门卫盘问了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/c4a19532a5",
"JMdict ent_seq 1565100; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "53cfd6daecbf0f1eb06e7bea3c09730fe5aae21bb2b9f2451b3c6a342dd175e1"
}
}