せしめる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

せしめる • (seshimeru) ←せしめる (sesimeru)?transitive ichidan (stem せしめ (seshime), past せしめた (seshimeta))

  1. to make something one's own by scheming
    10(じゅう)億(おく)円(えん)をせしめた
    jūoku-en o seshimeta
    (please add an English translation of this example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "せしめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") せしめ seshime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") せしめ seshime
Shūshikei ("terminal") せしめる seshimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") せしめる seshimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") せしめれ seshimere
Meireikei ("imperative") せしめよ¹
せしめろ² 		seshimeyo¹
seshimero²
Key constructions
Passive せしめられる seshimerareru
Causative せしめさせる
せしめさす 		seshimesaseru
seshimesasu
Potential せしめられる
せしめれる³ 		seshimerareru
seshimereru³
Volitional せしめよう seshimeyō
Negative せしめない
せしめぬ
せしめん 		seshimenai
seshimenu
seshimen
Negative continuative せしめず seshimezu
Formal せしめます seshimemasu
Perfective せしめた seshimeta
Conjunctive せしめて seshimete
Hypothetical conditional せしめれば seshimereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

せしめる • (seshimeru) ←せしめる (sesimeru)?

  1. (literary, formal) Modernized form of せしむ (seshimu, verb, lower bigrade); causative of する (suru, “to do”)
    Synonym: (modern non-literary language) させる (saseru)
    体(たい)温(おん)を下(か)降(こう)せしめる
    taion o kakō seshimeru
    lower its body temperature
Conjugation
Conjugation of "せしめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") せしめ seshime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") せしめ seshime
Shūshikei ("terminal") せしめる seshimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") せしめる seshimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") せしめれ seshimere
Meireikei ("imperative") せしめよ¹
せしめろ² 		seshimeyo¹
seshimero²
Key constructions
Passive せしめられる seshimerareru
Causative せしめさせる
せしめさす 		seshimesaseru
seshimesasu
Potential せしめられる
せしめれる³ 		seshimerareru
seshimereru³
Volitional せしめよう seshimeyō
Negative せしめない
せしめぬ
せしめん 		seshimenai
seshimenu
seshimen
Negative continuative せしめず seshimezu
Formal せしめます seshimemasu
Perfective せしめた seshimeta
Conjunctive せしめて seshimete
Hypothetical conditional せしめれば seshimereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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