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める

しめる · shimeru

to occupy, to account for

JLPT N3 ru-verb (ichidan)

Conjugation table

Form Japanese Reading
dictionary 占める しめる
polite 占めます しめます
polite negative 占めません しめません
polite past 占めました しめました
plain past 占めた しめた
plain negative 占めない しめない
te-form 占めて しめて

占める in a sentence

  • Nihon wa, saabisu ga jiienupii no 50 paasento ijou o shimeru saabisu keizai de aru.

    Japan is a service economy, in which services account for more than 50% of the GNP.

  • Gyofu no ri o shimeru.

    A third party makes off with the profits.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR, licensed for reuse.