せめ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
攻め

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せめ [sèméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞me̞]

Noun

せめ • (seme) 

  1. 攻め: attacking
  2. 攻め: (fandom slang) top (originally referring to male gay ships); seme
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Descendants

  • → English: seme
  • → Chinese: 攻 (gōng) (semantic loan)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of せめ – see the following entry.
【責め】
[noun] blame, blaming, reproval
[noun] indebtedness, debt
[noun] responsibility, duty
[noun] torture
Alternative spelling
責
(This term, せめ (seme), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as せめ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as せめ.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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