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占しめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to account for; to make up; to take up
2. to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.)
3. to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind); to grip (e.g. one's heart)
4. to gain; to secure; to obtain; to win
Kanji used
占
fortune-telling
Pitch accent
し
め
る
Top 3600
Conjugations...Used in: 2192
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to buy up
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
to take a seat; to sit; to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)
1 more...
Examples (10 in total)
He occupies a prominent position in the firm.
Books occupy most of his room.
Sometimes reading took up half his time.
They make up about 12.5 percent of the total population.
We took a good place to see the parade.
Land occupies the minor portion of the earth's surface.
Advertising makes up about 7% of this company's expenses.
Foreign workers make up 30% of his company.
Chemical products account for approximately two-thirds of our exports.
Work is a very important part of life in the United States.