咎める

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Japanese

FWOTD – 18 February 2022
Kanji in this term
咎
とが
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「咎める」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		咎める とがめる
Imperative (命令形) 咎めろ とがめろ
Key constructions
Passive 咎められる とがめられる
Causative 咎めさせる とがめさせる
Potential 咎められる とがめられる
Volitional 咎めよう とがめよー
Negative 咎めない とがめない
Negative perfective 咎めなかった とがめなかった
Formal 咎めます とがめます
Perfective 咎めた とがめた
Conjunctive 咎めて とがめて
Hypothetical conditional 咎めれば とがめれば

Verb

咎(とが)める • (togameru) ichidan (stem 咎(とが)め (togame), past 咎(とが)めた (togameta))

  1. (transitive) to find fault, to nitpick, to rebuke, to censure
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      些(さ)細(さい)なミスを咎(とが)めない
      Sasai na misu o togamenai
      Don't pick on the trivial mistakes
  2. (intransitive) to feel guilty
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      黙(だま)っているのは気(き)が咎(とが)める
      Damatte iru no wa ki ga togameru
      It feels guilty not saying anything
  3. (intransitive) to question (a suspect)
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      夜(よ)道(みち)で警(けい)官(かん)に咎(とが)められた
      Yomichi de keikan ni togamerareta
      I was questioned by the officer during a night walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of "咎める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 咎め とがめ togame
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 咎め とがめ togame
Shūshikei ("terminal") 咎める とがめる togameru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 咎める とがめる togameru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 咎めれ とがめれ togamere
Meireikei ("imperative") 咎めよ¹
咎めろ² 		とがめよ¹
とがめろ² 		togameyo¹
togamero²
Key constructions
Passive 咎められる とがめられる togamerareru
Causative 咎めさせる
咎めさす 		とがめさせる
とがめさす 		togamesaseru
togamesasu
Potential 咎められる
咎めれる³ 		とがめられる
とがめれる³ 		togamerareru
togamereru³
Volitional 咎めよう とがめよう togameyō
Negative 咎めない
咎めぬ
咎めん 		とがめない
とがめぬ
とがめん 		togamenai
togamenu
togamen
Negative continuative 咎めず とがめず togamezu
Formal 咎めます とがめます togamemasu
Perfective 咎めた とがめた togameta
Conjunctive 咎めて とがめて togamete
Hypothetical conditional 咎めれば とがめれば togamereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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