# みずぜめ
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spelling
* 水責め
From 水(みず) (mizu) + 責(せ)め (seme, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 責(せ)める (semeru).”). The seme changes to zeme as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みずぜめ [mìzúzémé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mʲizɨze̞me̞]

#### Noun

みずぜめ • (mizuzeme)
* water torture

#### Verb

みずぜめする • (mizuzeme suru) suru (stem みずぜめし (mizuzeme shi), past みずぜめした (mizuzeme shita))
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##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | みずぜめし | mizuzeme shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | みずぜめし | mizuzeme shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | みずぜめする | mizuzeme suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | みずぜめする | mizuzeme suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | みずぜめすれ | mizuzeme sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | みずぜめせよ¹ みずぜめしろ² | mizuzeme seyo¹ mizuzeme shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | みずぜめされる | mizuzeme sareru |
| Causative | みずぜめさせる みずぜめさす | mizuzeme saseru mizuzeme sasu |
| Potential | みずぜめできる | mizuzeme dekiru |
| Volitional | みずぜめしよう | mizuzeme shiyō |
| Negative | みずぜめしない | mizuzeme shinai |
| Negative continuative | みずぜめせず | mizuzeme sezu |
| Formal | みずぜめします | mizuzeme shimasu |
| Perfective | みずぜめした | mizuzeme shita |
| Conjunctive | みずぜめして | mizuzeme shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | みずぜめすれば | mizuzeme sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### Etymology 2

* Alternative spelling
* 水攻め
From 水(みず) (mizu) + 攻(せ)め (seme, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 攻(せ)める (semeru).”). The seme changes to zeme as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みずぜめ [mìzúzémé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mʲizɨze̞me̞]

#### Noun

みずぜめ • (mizuzeme)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Verb

みずぜめする • (mizuzeme suru) suru (stem みずぜめし (mizuzeme shi), past みずぜめした (mizuzeme shita))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | みずぜめし | mizuzeme shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | みずぜめし | mizuzeme shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | みずぜめする | mizuzeme suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | みずぜめする | mizuzeme suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | みずぜめすれ | mizuzeme sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | みずぜめせよ¹ みずぜめしろ² | mizuzeme seyo¹ mizuzeme shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | みずぜめされる | mizuzeme sareru |
| Causative | みずぜめさせる みずぜめさす | mizuzeme saseru mizuzeme sasu |
| Potential | みずぜめできる | mizuzeme dekiru |
| Volitional | みずぜめしよう | mizuzeme shiyō |
| Negative | みずぜめしない | mizuzeme shinai |
| Negative continuative | みずぜめせず | mizuzeme sezu |
| Formal | みずぜめします | mizuzeme shimasu |
| Perfective | みずぜめした | mizuzeme shita |
| Conjunctive | みずぜめして | mizuzeme shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | みずぜめすれば | mizuzeme sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN