Illustration: In an apartment living room, an older sibling stands beside a broken plant pot, pointing sharply from the scattered soil toward a younger brother. Her knitted brows and forward lean make the accusation unmistakable.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

責せめる

semeru

to blame, to criticize

Example sentences

  1. あまり自分じぶんを責せめないで。

    Don’t be too hard on yourself.

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  2. 彼かれは私わたしの過失かしつを責せめた。

    He accused me of my mistake.

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  3. 彼かれをその過失かしつで責せめるな。

    Don’t blame him for the error.

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Kanji in 責

  • 責blame; censureOnセキKunせめる

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