Ichidan verb

占めるしめる

shimeru

to account for · N3

Also read しめる: 湿る (become damp), 締める (tighten), 閉める (close). All 4 words

占める (しめる, shimeru) — to account for — is an ichidan verb: 占めて (te-form), 占めた (past), 占めない (negative), 占めます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to make up; to take up.

How 占める conjugates · ichidan verb

Drop the る, then add the ending.

Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 占め. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.

占める dropsstem + ending

占めない占めないnegative · I don't occupy it. 占めます占めますpolite present 占めて占めてte-form · I occupy it and … 占めた占めたpast · I occupied it. 占められる占められるpotential 占めれば占めればif · If I occupy it, ... 占めよう占めようvolitional

No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.

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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	占めるしめる shimeru
past I occupied it.	占めたしめた shimeta
negative I don't occupy it.	占めないしめない shimenai
te-form I occupy it and …	占めてしめて shimete
past negative	占めなかったしめなかった shimenakatta
volitional	占めようしめよう shimeyou
potential	占められるしめられる shimerareru
cond. ば If I occupy it, ...	占めればしめれば shimereba
cond. たら	占めたらしめたら shimetara
passive N2 It gets occupied.	占められるしめられる shimerareru
causative N2	占めさせるしめさせる shimesaseru
imperative N1	占めろしめろ shimero

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	占めますしめます shimemasu
past I occupied it.	占めましたしめました shimemashita
negative I don't occupy it.	占めませんしめません shimemasen
past negative	占めませんでしたしめませんでした shimemasendeshita
volitional	占めましょうしめましょう shimemashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている It's occupying a large share of it.	占めているしめている shimeteiru
ていた I was occupying it.	占めていたしめていた shimeteita
ています It's occupying a large share of it.	占めていますしめています shimeteimasu
ていました I was occupying it.	占めていましたしめていました shimeteimashita