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占しめる

しめる shimeru Play N3 Ichidan verb Transitive

全体に対してあるものが一定の割合を占める。 to comprise; to account for; to make up (of); to hold; to occupy

Example 1

ギャンブルで味あじを占しめるとなかなか止やめられない。

Once you get the taste for gambling, it's hard to give it up.

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Example 2

広告費こうこくひはこの会社かいしゃの経費けいひの約やく7%を占しめている。

Advertising makes up about 7% of this company's expenses.

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Kanji breakdown

占

N2

fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take

On reading
セン
Kun reading
し.める、うらな.う
Radical
卜
Illustration of 占う
N2

うらなう

to forecast; to predict

Illustration of 占領
N1

せんりょう

occupation; capture; possession; have a room to oneself

Illustration of 独占
N1

どくせん

monopoly