Word Meaning 占める

しめる shimeru

占める is read as しめる (shimeru) and means to occupy.

Meaning

English

  1. to occupy
  2. to hold
  3. to account for
  4. to make up
  5. to take up

Reading

Kana

しめる

Romaji

shimeru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 15192 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

占領

せんりょう

occupying

占い

うらない

fortune-teller

占う

うらなう

to predict

占有

せんゆう

possession

占師

うらないし

diviner

占星術

せんせいじゅつ

astrology

占領地

せんりょうち

occupied territory

占領下

せんりょうか

being under military occupation

占領地域

せんりょうちいき

occupation zone

占取権

せんしゅけん

right of preoccupancy

占領軍

せんりょうぐん

occupation forces

占地

しめじ

Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom)

Example Sentences

5

うりあげのさんわりをかいがいがしめる。

Overseas sales account for thirty percent of total sales.

Japanese cultured pearls have come to monopolise as much as 60% of the world pearl market.

Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.

Nobody could have guessed, in those days, the place in history that Martin Luther King, Jr. was to have.

Unlike most mustelids, who lead a settled lifestyle, wolverines constantly wander in search of prey on their individual plots of land occupying up to 1500-2000 square kilometers.