責め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
責
せ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
責

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 責める.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se̞me̞]

Noun

責(せ)め • (seme) 

  1. blame, blaming, reproval
  2. indebtedness, debt
    Synonym: 負債 (fusai)
  3. responsibility, duty
    Synonym: 責任 (sekinin)
  4. torture
    Synonym: 拷問 (gōmon)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.