Meanings

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault
2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto question (a suspect); to challenge
3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed
4. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto prick (one's conscience)

Examples

• 既往は咎めず。

  Let bygones be bygones.

• 良心が彼をとがめた。

  His conscience pricked him.

• 守衛にとがめられた。

  I was challenged by a gatekeeper.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 咎める

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