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JLPT N1 · Verb

とがめる (togameru)

とがめる is a Japanese verb meaning “to blame; to reproach”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とがめる
Romaji
togameru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to question (a suspect); to challenge · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed · ichidan verb, transitive
  4. to prick (one's conscience) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

先生は彼女が間違ったことを咎めた。
The teacher blamed her for the mistake.
Tatoeba #141507
守衛にとがめられた。
I was challenged by a gatekeeper.
Tatoeba #148668

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of とがめる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryとがめるとがめる togameru
Polite (~masu)とがめますとがめます togamemasu
Negativeとがめないとがめない togamenai
Polite negativeとがめませんとがめません togamemasen
Pastとがめたとがめた togameta
Polite pastとがめましたとがめました togamemashita
Negative pastとがめなかったとがめなかった togamenakatta
Te-formとがめてとがめて togamete
Potentialとがめられるとがめられる togamerareru
Passiveとがめられるとがめられる togamerareru
Causativeとがめさせるとがめさせる togamesaseru
Volitionalとがめようとがめよう togameyou
Imperativeとがめろとがめろ togamero
Conditional (~ba)とがめればとがめれば togamereba

Source: JMdict entry 1565100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.