Vocab Info
N2 る-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)
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Common
る-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
2.
to question (a suspect), to challenge
る-verb
3.
to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed
る-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 aggravating.
キョロキョロしていたら警官に咎められた。
I was questioned by a police officer because I was looking around restlessly.
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 rebuked me.
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.
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.
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