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Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsblame, condemn, censure
On'yomiセキ
Kun'yomi
Strokes11
Radical

Compounds

  • to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise

  • duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff), liability, onus

  • duty, obligation

Example sentences

  • There's no escaping responsibility.

  • It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.

  • And how will you take responsibility in the case that this bill doesn't pass?

  • Hasn't it been solved yet? Whose responsibility is it, the prefecture's or the country's?

  • Everybody's business is nobody's business.

  • It is up to the government to take action on violence.

  • From an ethical point of view, the great principle of technology is "responsibility to the present" but the new way of thinking, "responsibility to the future" has emerged.

  • The peace talks failed again, with both sides blaming the other for the failure.