I Love Kanji閉まる (shimaru)
閉まる (しまる, shimaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be shut; to close”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しまる
- Romaji
- shimaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be shut; to close; to be closed · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 閉まる
- to be locked · godan verb, intransitive
- to tighten; to be tightened · godan verb, intransitive
- to become sober; to become tense · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 閉まる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 閉まる | しまる shimaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 閉まります | しまります shimarimasu |
| Negative | 閉まらない | しまらない shimaranai |
| Polite negative | 閉まりません | しまりません shimarimasen |
| Past | 閉まった | しまった shimatta |
| Polite past | 閉まりました | しまりました shimarimashita |
| Negative past | 閉まらなかった | しまらなかった shimaranakatta |
| Te-form | 閉まって | しまって shimatte |
| Potential | 閉まれる | しまれる shimareru |
| Passive | 閉まられる | しまられる shimarareru |
| Causative | 閉まらせる | しまらせる shimaraseru |
| Volitional | 閉まろう | しまろう shimarou |
| Imperative | 閉まれ | しまれ shimare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 閉まれば | しまれば shimareba |
Kanji in 閉まる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 閉まる.
閉めるしめるto close閉じるとじるto close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.)閉会へいかいclosure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)閉口へいこうto be stumped閉鎖へいさclosing
Source: JMdict entry 1436560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.