Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to torture, to persecute, to excruciate.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
責め苛む せめさいなむ
 
 
 
 
 
責めさいなむ せめさいなむ
 
 
攻め苛む せめさいなむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

blame, condemn, censure
セキ せ.める (5th, N3)
life (生) variant
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
torment, scold, chastise
さいな.む カ いじ.める (11th)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
can, passable, mustn't
カ コク -べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)