咎
咎

blame, censure, reprimand

8 strokes

On

キュウコウ

Kun

とが.めるとが

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咎めるとがめるIchidan verbFreq #6316
1

Transitive verb

to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise

Examples
先生は彼女が間違ったことを咎めた。
The teacher blamed her for the mistake.
2

Transitive verb

to question (a suspect); to challenge

Examples
守衛にとがめられた。
I was challenged by a gatekeeper.
3

to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed

4

Intransitive verb

to prick (one's conscience)

とが咎科NounUsually kanaFreq #17281
1

error; mistake; fault

2

sin; wrongdoing; offense

咎めとがめNounFreq #22026
1

blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

Examples
もしあなたが試験でカンニングをやってもそれで何の咎めも受けずに済むと思っているなら、とんでもない話だ。
If you think you can get away with cheating on the exam, you've got another thing coming.
見咎める見とがめるみとがめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #24676
1

to find fault with; to question

咎人科人とがにんNounFreq #39350
1

Dated term

offender; criminal

お咎めなしお咎め無しおとがめなしExpressionFreq #44486
1

no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity

気がとがめる気が咎めるきがとがめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #45473
1

to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

Examples
うそをついたことで気がとがめている。
I feel guilty about having told a lie.
聞きとがめる聞き咎めるききとがめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #48291
1

to find fault with

咎め立て咎めだてとがめ立てとがめだてNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #67931
1

fault-finding; carping

Examples
僕のやることにとがめだてしないでくれ。
Don't find fault with me.
良心が咎める良心がとがめるりょうしんがとがめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #80729
1

to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

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