せしめる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しめ [sèshíméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ɕime̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

せしめる • (seshimeruせしめる (sesimeru)?transitive ichidan (stem せしめ (seshime), past せしめた (seshimeta))

  1. to make something one's own by scheming
    10(じゅう)(おく)(えん)せしめた
    jūoku-en o seshimeta
    (please add an English translation of this example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "せしめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") せしめ seshime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") せしめ seshime
Shūshikei ("terminal") せしめる seshimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") せしめる seshimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") せしめれ seshimere
Meireikei ("imperative") せしめよ¹
せしめろ²
seshimeyo¹
seshimero²
Key constructions
Passive せしめられる seshimerareru
Causative せしめさせる
せしめさす
seshimesaseru
seshimesasu
Potential せしめられる
せしめれる³
seshimerareru
seshimereru³
Volitional せしめよう seshimeyō
Negative せしめない
せしめぬ
せしめん
seshimenai
seshimenu
seshimen
Negative continuative せしめず seshimezu
Formal せしめます seshimemasu
Perfective せしめた seshimeta
Conjunctive せしめて seshimete
Hypothetical conditional せしめれば seshimereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しめる [sèshímérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ɕime̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

せしめる • (seshimeruせしめる (sesimeru)?

  1. (literary, formal) modernized form of せしむ (seshimu, verb, lower bigrade); causative of する (suru, to do)
    Synonym: (modern non-literary language) させる (saseru)
    (たい)(おん)()(こう)せしめる
    taion o kakō seshimeru
    lower its body temperature
Conjugation
Conjugation of "せしめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") せしめ seshime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") せしめ seshime
Shūshikei ("terminal") せしめる seshimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") せしめる seshimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") せしめれ seshimere
Meireikei ("imperative") せしめよ¹
せしめろ²
seshimeyo¹
seshimero²
Key constructions
Passive せしめられる seshimerareru
Causative せしめさせる
せしめさす
seshimesaseru
seshimesasu
Potential せしめられる
せしめれる³
seshimerareru
seshimereru³
Volitional せしめよう seshimeyō
Negative せしめない
せしめぬ
せしめん
seshimenai
seshimenu
seshimen
Negative continuative せしめず seshimezu
Formal せしめます seshimemasu
Perfective せしめた seshimeta
Conjunctive せしめて seshimete
Hypothetical conditional せしめれば seshimereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN