責
セキ, せ.める

blame, condemn, censure

JLPT3 G5 S11 F598

The relevant seal inscription form is 朿# (stab) + 貝 commodities → the torment of *debts* piled one atop another → *torture*; *condemn*; *censure*; *urge*; *drive up*; *demand*.

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