JōyōJLPT N3Kanken 6
責

Meaning

Kanji 責

blame

blame, condemn, censure

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
せ.める
Onyomi 音読み
セキ
Nanori 名乗り
-

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 5
JLPT
JLPT N3
Frequency
#598
Strokes
11
Radical
貝
Components
二 • 亠 • ハ • 土 • 目 • 貝
Kanji Kentei
Level 6
Similar Kanji
素 • 俵 • 青 • 毒 • 裱 • 麦 • 錶

Related vocabulary

36 common entries

Showing 36 of 150 entries that include this kanji.

責任

せきにん

duty

責める

せめる

to break in (a horse)

責任者

せきにんしゃ

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff)

責務

せきむ

duty

責任感

せきにんかん

sense of responsibility

責め

せめ

torture

責任転嫁

せきにんてんか

shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone)

責任を持つ

せきにんをもつ

to be responsible for

攻め馬

せめうま

breaking in a horse

責

せき

responsibility

責めを負う

せめをおう

to take the blame

責め苛む

せめさいなむ

to torture

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

失敗を他人のせいにして彼を責めるのはよくない。

It is not good to blame him by pinning the failure on someone else.

結果だけを見て彼女を責めるべきではない。

We should not blame her based only on the result.

そんなに自分を責めないで。

Don’t blame yourself so much.

世間はその発言を強く責めた。

The public strongly condemned that remark.

部下の失敗は上司が責を負うべきだ。

A supervisor should bear responsibility for a subordinate’s mistake.