Common Words by Reading

セキ
83.2%
responsibility
duty ②liability
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff)
responsibility
question of where responsibility lies
heavy responsibility
exemption from responsibility
self-condemnation
avoiding or dodging responsibility
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone)
める
16.8%
to condemn ②to urge ③to torture ④to break in (a horse)
to condemn ②to urge ③to torture ④to break in (a horse)
responsibility ②torture
to criticize harshly ②to urge
bondage torture where the bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, with the rope tightened until their ankles touch their neck
instrument of torture
Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)
torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes
torture in which the victim is whipped with arrow shafts
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree
to press (someone to do something) ②to make confess