せめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse
2. to urge; to press; to pester
3. to torture; to torment; to persecute
4. to break in (a horse)
Pitch accent
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Examples (29 in total)
Don't blame the children.
Why are you blaming me for what happened?
Don't blame the guide.
I accused him of cheating.
The participants accused him of carelessness.
Don't blame another for his faults.
It is not you but he that is to blame.
He blamed me for not coming.
I am far from blaming you.
If you consider his age, then you can't blame him for his actions.
Everybody blames me for my careless mistake.
She criticized him for being late.
You shouldn't blame him for being late.
Far from blaming him, she gave him a reward.
She accused him of having broken his word.
They accused him of telling a lie.
The policeman blamed me for ignoring traffic rules.
They blamed themselves for being wrong.
I am to blame for this mistake.
We were not to blame for the accident.
He accused me of having stolen his watch.
The officer blamed him for neglecting his duty.
They condemned him for his cruelty to animals.
You can't blame him for the accident.
That was Tom's idea, not mine. Don't blame me.
Beth accused her sister, Sally, of tearing her scarf.
They accused him of being in the classroom in order to cause trouble.
The police blamed the accident on the taxi driver.
Ms. Takada accused the boy of copying another student's homework.