咎める
とがめる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive 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
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to prick (one's conscience) See also: 気がとがめる (きがとがめる).
Kanji
- 咎 blame; censure; reprimand. Read as とがめる.
Example sentences
- 私は君がそうしたことをとがめない。
I don't blame you for doing that. - 既往は咎めず。
Let bygones be bygones. - 会計係はミスを犯してとがめられた。
The accountant was blamed for the mistake. - その少年は試験中にカンニング行為をしてとがめられた。
The boy was accused of cheating during the exam. - そのガイドを咎めるな。
Don't blame the guide.
Common phrases
- お咎めなし (おとがめなし) no penalty
Words containing 咎める
- 見咎める (みとがめる) to find fault with
- 咎め立て (とがめだて) fault-finding
- 良心が咎める (りょうしんがとがめる) to have a guilty conscience
And 2 more.