JLPT N3 · Verb

占める (shimeru)

占める (しめる, shimeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to account for; to make up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しめる
Romaji: shimeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to account for; to make up; to take up · ichidan verb, transitive
to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive
to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind); to grip (e.g. one's heart) · ichidan verb, transitive
to gain; to secure; to obtain; to win · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

ある研究によれば、ガンによる女性の死亡数の中では肺がんが１７％を占めている。

A study shows lung cancer accounts for 17% of women's cancer deaths.

Tatoeba #229891

ギャンブルで味を占めるとなかなか止められない。

Once you get the taste for gambling, it's hard to give it up.

Tatoeba #225806

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

Conjugation of 占める

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	占める	しめる shimeru
Polite (~masu)	占めます	しめます shimemasu
Negative	占めない	しめない shimenai
Polite negative	占めません	しめません shimemasen
Past	占めた	しめた shimeta
Polite past	占めました	しめました shimemashita
Negative past	占めなかった	しめなかった shimenakatta
Te-form	占めて	しめて shimete
Potential	占められる	しめられる shimerareru
Passive	占められる	しめられる shimerareru
Causative	占めさせる	しめさせる shimesaseru
Volitional	占めよう	しめよう shimeyou
Imperative	占めろ	しめろ shimero
Conditional (~ba)	占めれば	しめれば shimereba

Kanji in 占める

占

fortune-telling, divining, forecastingセン・し.める・うらな.う · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 占める.

占ううらなうto tell someone's fortune独占どくせんmonopoly占領せんりょうoccupying

Source: JMdict entry 1389460 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.