How to say "condemn" in Japanese

• 責めるせめるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers condemn in the sense of blaming or criticizing someone for something, holding them responsible. Typical when you condemn a person's conduct or reproach them for a fault.
  あまり自分じぶんを責せめないで。↗

  Don't be too hard on yourself.
• 処するしょするCommon
  suru verb (irregular), transitive verbCovers condemn in the judicial sense of passing sentence on and punishing an offender. Use it when an authority condemns someone to a penalty rather than merely criticizing them.
  その男おとこは終身刑しゅうしんけいに処しょせられた。↗

  The man was given a life sentence.

Use 「責める」 when condemn means to blame or criticize someone for wrongdoing, and 「処する」 when it means to sentence or punish someone, as when an authority condemns an offender.

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• 責めるせめるto condemn
• 処するしょするto sentence
• 処すしょすto sentence