攻める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
攻
せ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the Classical Japanese verb せむ (semu).

Cognate with 責(せ)める (semeru), 迫(せま)る (semaru), 狭(せば)める (sebameru), 狭(せば)まる (sebamaru), and 狭(せま)い (semai).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "攻める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
攻める せめ​る [sèméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 攻めろ せめ​ろ [sèméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 攻められる せめられ​る [sèméráréꜜrù]
Causative 攻めさせる せめさせ​る [sèmésáséꜜrù]
Potential 攻められる せめられ​る [sèméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 攻めよう せめよ​ー [sèméyóꜜò]
Negative 攻めない せめ​ない [sèméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 攻めなかった せめ​なかった [sèméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 攻めます せめま​す [sèmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 攻めた せ​めた [séꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 攻めて せ​めて [séꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 攻めれば せめ​れば [sèméꜜrèbà]

Verb

攻(せ)める • (semeru) transitive ichidan (stem 攻(せ)め (seme), past 攻(せ)めた (semeta))

  1. to attack; to assault
    ロシアはドイツを攻(せ)めた。
    Roshia wa doitsu o semeta.
    Russia attacked Germany.
  2. (informal) to take a risky and bold approach

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 攻(せ)め寄(よ)せる (semeyoseru)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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