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咎とがめる

N1
とがめる togameru
  1. to blame
  2. to find fault
  3. to take someone to task
  4. to aggravate (an injury)
ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

责备;盘问

Examples

  • 先せん生せいは彼かの女じょが間ま違ちがったことを咎とがめた。
    The teacher blamed her for the mistake.
    老师责备她做错了事。
  • 守しゅ衛えいにとがめられた。
    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"
  }
}