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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

責せめる

N3
せめる semeru
  1. to condemn
  2. to blame
  3. to criticize
ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

责备;谴责

Examples

  • 彼かれはうそをついたと彼かの女じょを責せめた。
    He accused her of having lied to him.
    他责备她撒谎。
  • 彼かれは私わたしが来こなかったことを責せめた。
    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"
  }
}