責める
N3せめる semeru
- to condemn
- to blame
- to criticize
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
责备;谴责
Examples
- 彼はうそをついたと彼女を責めた。He accused her of having lied to him.他责备她撒谎。
- 彼は私が来なかったことを責めた。He blamed me for not coming.他责备我没有来。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4008d80f82'); // 責める
{
"id": "4008d80f82",
"word": "責める",
"reading": "せめる",
"romaji": "semeru",
"meanings": [
"to condemn",
"to blame",
"to criticize"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1383160,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はうそをついたと彼女を責めた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はうそをついたと{彼女|かのじょ}を{責|せ}めた。",
"en": "He accused her of having lied to him.",
"tatoeba_id": 101123
},
{
"ja": "彼は私が来なかったことを責めた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{私|わたし}が{来|こ}なかったことを{責|せ}めた。",
"en": "He blamed me for not coming.",
"tatoeba_id": 106370
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "c275d6dda016ba4f8676ac13d8f3055a164608041e1b480d61c7045a4d1b1468",
"meanings": [
"责备",
"谴责"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はうそをついたと彼女を責めた。",
"zh": "他责备她撒谎。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は私が来なかったことを責めた。",
"zh": "他责备我没有来。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/4008d80f82",
"JMdict ent_seq 1383160; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "82840a618a53fccd52f102b4eb83582ca31048ae0d5bcedf4f6e4ab03201e414",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}