I Love Kanji閉める (shimeru)
閉める (しめる, shimeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to close; to shut”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しめる
- Romaji
- shimeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to close; to shut · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 閉める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 閉める | しめる shimeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 閉めます | しめます shimemasu |
| Negative | 閉めない | しめない shimenai |
| Polite negative | 閉めません | しめません shimemasen |
| Past | 閉めた | しめた shimeta |
| Polite past | 閉めました | しめました shimemashita |
| Negative past | 閉めなかった | しめなかった shimenakatta |
| Te-form | 閉めて | しめて shimete |
| Potential | 閉められる | しめられる shimerareru |
| Passive | 閉められる | しめられる shimerareru |
| Causative | 閉めさせる | しめさせる shimesaseru |
| Volitional | 閉めよう | しめよう shimeyou |
| Imperative | 閉めろ | しめろ shimero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 閉めれば | しめれば shimereba |
Kanji in 閉める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 閉める.
閉まるしまるto be shut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 1508590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.