| Kanji | 占める |
| Reading | しめる |
| Romaji | shimeru |
| Meaning | to occupy; to account for |
| Part of Speech | verb |
| JLPT Level | JLPT N3 |
売上の半分を占めます。
Uriage no hanbun o shimemasu.
It accounts for half of sales.
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占める (しめる, shimeru) means "to occupy; to account for" in Japanese. It is a JLPT N3 vocabulary word.
占める is pronounced "shimeru" in Japanese. The hiragana reading is しめる.
占める is a JLPT N3 word. JLPT N3 is the intermediate level with ~3,000 words.