Ichidan verb

占めるしめる

shimeru

to occupy · 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 occupy — 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 hold.

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 · I can occupy it. 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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PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	占めるしめる shimeru
past N5 I occupied it.	占めたしめた shimeta
negative N5 I don't occupy it.	占めないしめない shimenai
te-form N5 I occupy it and …	占めてしめて shimete
past negative N4	占めなかったしめなかった shimenakatta
volitional N4	占めようしめよう shimeyou
potential N3 I can occupy it.	占められるしめられる shimerareru
cond. ば N3 If I occupy it, ...	占めればしめれば shimereba
cond. たら N3	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 N5	占めますしめます shimemasu
past N5 I occupied it.	占めましたしめました shimemashita
negative N5 I don't occupy it.	占めませんしめません shimemasen
past negative N4	占めませんでしたしめませんでした shimemasendeshita
volitional N4	占めましょうしめましょう shimemashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 It's occupying a large share of it.	占めているしめている shimeteiru
ていた N4 I was occupying it.	占めていたしめていた shimeteita
ています N4 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 N4 I was occupying it.	占めていましたしめていました shimeteimashita