咎とがめ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

blame; censure; rebuke

Refers to the act of blaming or finding fault with someone, often in a moral or disciplinary context. Commonly used in phrases like 咎めを受ける or 咎めを負う.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの失しっ敗ぱいの咎とがめを受うけた。
He took the blame for his own mistake.
上じょう司しから厳きびしい咎とがめを受うけた。
I received a stern rebuke from my boss.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉から咎とがめを受うけるto receive blame/censure from someone
彼かれは上じょう司しから咎とがめを受うけた。
He received a reprimand from his boss.
咎とがめを負おうto bear the blame (for something)
失しっ敗ぱいの咎とがめを負おうのは私わたしだ。
I am the one who bears the blame for the failure.
咎とがめを免まぬがれるto escape blame/censure
彼かれはうまく言いい訳わけをして咎とがめを免まぬがれた。
He made a good excuse and escaped censure.

Expressions

お咎とがめなしno penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity
既き往おうは咎とがめずlet bygones be bygones; don't dwell on the past

Kanji

咎blame, censure, reprimand

Related words

非ひ難なんN2
非難 is the everyday, direct word for criticism or blame, while 咎め has a more formal or literary flavor of moral censure.
叱しっ責せき
叱責 is a stronger, more formal reprimand often used in official settings, whereas 咎め is milder and focuses on finding fault.

Opposites

称しょう賛さん
称賛 means praise or commendation, the opposite of the fault-finding implied by 咎め.

Word family

咎とがめるN1
blame; reproach; find fault with · question; challenge; call to account · aggravate an injury; make a wound inflamed · prick one's conscience; feel guilty
傷きず咎とがめ
inflamed wound; festering sore
咎とがめ立だて
fault-finding; carping; nitpicking

Written forms

咎とがめUsage67%
Standard kanji spelling for this noun.
とがめUsage33%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji 咎 is less familiar.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 咎める (とがめる, 'to blame, to find fault'). The noun form 咎め nominalizes the action of blaming or censuring.