占める

Reading

Kana: しめる
Romaji: shimeru
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v1
vt
1

to occupy; to hold

2

to account for; to make up; to take up

Kanji

Readings: セン、 し.める、 うらな.う
Meanings: fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take

Example Sentences

漁夫(ぎょふ)()()める。
➥A third party makes off with the profits.
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()(もの)漁夫(ぎょふ)()()める。
➥Someone else profits from the situation.
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漁夫(ぎょふ)()()めるつもりはない。
➥I have no intention of fishing in troubled waters.
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慎重(しんちょう)勇気(ゆうき)大半(たいはん)()める。
➥Discretion is the better part of valor.
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(だい)投資(とうし)かは(かぶ)()()めた。
➥The big investor bought up the stocks.
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与党(よとう)(まえ)選挙(せんきょ)過半数(かはんすう)()めた。
➥The government got their majority at the last election.
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