Vocab Info
N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
咎めるto blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise, to question (a suspect), to challenge, to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed, to prick (one's conscience)
Dictionary Definition
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
1.
to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
2.
to question (a suspect), to challenge
Ichidan verb
3.
to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed
Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb
4.
to prick (one's conscience)
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咎める 【とがめる】
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傷口が膿んで咎めています。
The wound is festering and causing trouble. {to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise, to question (a suspect), to challenge, to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed, to prick (one's conscience)}
キョロキョロしていたら警官に咎められた。
I was reprimanded by a police officer because I was looking around restlessly. {to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise, to question (a suspect), to challenge, to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed, to prick (one's conscience)}
両親に嘘をつこうとした時、良心が咎めました。
When I tried to lie to my parents, my conscience reprimanded me. {to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise, to question (a suspect), to challenge, to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed, to prick (one's conscience)}
上司に向かって過失を咎めようものなら、後で恨まれてしまうだろう。
If you dare to blame your boss for a mistake, you will probably be resented later. {to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise, to question (a suspect), to challenge, to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed, to prick (one's conscience)}
既に起こってしまった失敗を咎めたって、その失敗が消えるわけではない。
Blaming past mistakes won't make them disappear. {to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise, to question (a suspect), to challenge, to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed, to prick (one's conscience)}
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