| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 攻む 迫む 逼む 責む |
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | せめ | seme | |
| Continuative (連用形) | せめ | seme | |
| Terminal (終止形) | せむ | semu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | せむる | semuru | |
| Realis (已然形) | せむれ | semure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | せめよ | semeyo | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | せめず | semezu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | せむれど | semuredo | |
| Causal conjunction | せむれば | semureba | |
| Conditional conjunction | せめば | semeba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | せめき | semeki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | せめけり | semekeri | |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | せめつ | semetu | |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | せめぬ | semenu | |
| Perfect-continuative tense | せめたり | semetari | |
| Volitional | せめむ | sememu | |