責め

せめ

persecution, blame, responsibility

責める

せめる

to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise, to reproach, to accuse

蛇責め

へびぜめ

torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

火責め

ひぜめ

torture by fire

責め具

せめぐ

instrument of torture

俵責め

たわらぜめ

Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

現責め

うつつぜめ

sleep deprivation (as a form of torture)

責め苦

せめく

torture, pains (of hell)

責め道具

せめどうぐ

instruments of torture

責め苛む

せめさいなむ

to torture, to persecute, to excruciate

責め詰る

せめなじる

to question critically; to cross-examine

触手責め

しょくしゅぜめ

tentacle rape

海老責め

えびぜめ

Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)

矢柄責め

やがらぜめ

torture in which the victim is whipped with arrow shafts

鉄砲責め

てっぽうぜめ

form of torture in which molten lead is poured over the victim's back

言葉責め

ことばぜめ

verbal abuse

責

せき

responsibility, duty, obligation

生り木責め

なりきぜめ

traditional koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down in case it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree

責め立てる

せめたてる

to torture severely, to urge