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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

占しめる

N3
しめる shimeru
  1. to comprise
  2. to account for
  3. to make up (of)
  4. to hold
  5. to occupy
ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

占据;占有;占比

Examples

  • ギャンブルで味あじを占しめるとなかなか止やめられない。
    Once you get the taste for gambling, it's hard to give it up.
    赌博尝到甜头后就很难戒掉。
  • 広こう告こく費ひはこの会かい社しゃの経けい費ひの約やく7%を占しめている。
    Advertising makes up about 7% of this company's expenses.
    广告费占这家公司开支的约百分之七。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f797ab74cc'); // 占める
{
  "id": "f797ab74cc",
  "word": "占める",
  "reading": "しめる",
  "romaji": "shimeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to comprise",
    "to account for",
    "to make up (of)",
    "to hold",
    "to occupy"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1389460,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ギャンブルで味を占めるとなかなか止められない。",
      "furigana": "ギャンブルで{味|あじ}を{占|し}めるとなかなか{止|や}められない。",
      "en": "Once you get the taste for gambling, it's hard to give it up.",
      "tatoeba_id": 225806
    },
    {
      "ja": "広告費はこの会社の経費の約7%を占めている。",
      "furigana": "{広告費|こうこくひ}はこの{会社|かいしゃ}の{経費|けいひ}の{約|やく}7%を{占|し}めている。",
      "en": "Advertising makes up about 7% of this company's expenses.",
      "tatoeba_id": 173622
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "81ae46f596242a33b691b1f7451a70f4ad9552472d02784c6cbeee06d2fb6ff3",
    "meanings": [
      "占据",
      "占有",
      "占比"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ギャンブルで味を占めるとなかなか止められない。",
        "zh": "赌博尝到甜头后就很难戒掉。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "広告費はこの会社の経費の約7%を占めている。",
        "zh": "广告费占这家公司开支的约百分之七。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/f797ab74cc",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1389460; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "901f448bfbd055488b508f75040f58e65bc332e95cfdc4011e99f61037123fc4",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}