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責め詰る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	責せめ詰なじる	責せめ詰なじらない
Polite	責せめ詰なじります	責せめ詰なじりません
Past polite	責せめ詰なじりました	責せめ詰なじりませんでした
Past	責せめ詰なじった	責せめ詰なじらなかった
Te-form	責せめ詰なじって	責せめ詰なじらないで
Desire	責せめ詰なじりたい	責せめ詰なじりたくない
Potential	責せめ詰なじれる	責せめ詰なじれない
Passive	責せめ詰なじられる	責せめ詰なじられない
Causative	責せめ詰なじらせる	責せめ詰なじらせない
Causative passive	責せめ詰なじらせられるalso 責せめ詰なじらされる	責せめ詰なじらせられないalso 責せめ詰なじらされない
Volitional	責せめ詰なじろう
Polite volitional	責せめ詰なじりましょう
Imperative	責せめ詰なじれ	責せめ詰なじるな
Conditional	責せめ詰なじれば	責せめ詰なじらなければ
Tara conditional	責せめ詰なじったら	責せめ詰なじらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

question critically; cross-examine; press hard with questions

rare term

Rare verb meaning to interrogate someone relentlessly, often with an accusatory tone. Used in literary or formal contexts.

記き者しゃは大だい臣じんを責せめなじるように質しつ問もんした。
The reporter questioned the minister as if cross-examining him.
彼かれは不ふ正せいを疑うたがわれ、上じょう司しに責せめなじられた。
Suspected of misconduct, he was grilled by his boss.

Kanji

責blame, condemn, censure
詰packed, close, pressed

Related words

問とい詰つめる
問い詰める is the common word for pressing someone with questions; 責めなじる is much rarer and carries a stronger nuance of accusation or blame.
詰きつ問もんする
詰問する is a formal term for cross-examination; 責めなじる is less formal but still literary and rare.

Built from

責せめる+なじる

Written forms

責せめ詰なじる
Rare kanji spelling; the verb is usually written in kana or with the alternative form 責めなじる.
責せめなじる
Mixed kanji-kana spelling that makes the reading clearer.

Etymology

Compound of 責め (blame, accusation) and なじる (to rebuke, to reproach). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely emerged as an intensified form of なじる.