I Love Kanji締め切る (shimekiru)
締め切る (しめきる, shimekiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しめきる
- Romaji
- shimekiru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors) · godan verb, transitive
- to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) · godan verb, transitive · usu. 締め切る
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 締め切る
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 | 締め切る | しめきる shimekiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 締め切ります | しめきります shimekirimasu |
| Negative | 締め切らない | しめきらない shimekiranai |
| Polite negative | 締め切りません | しめきりません shimekirimasen |
| Past | 締め切った | しめきった shimekitta |
| Polite past | 締め切りました | しめきりました shimekirimashita |
| Negative past | 締め切らなかった | しめきらなかった shimekiranakatta |
| Te-form | 締め切って | しめきって shimekitte |
| Potential | 締め切れる | しめきれる shimekireru |
| Passive | 締め切られる | しめきられる shimekirareru |
| Causative | 締め切らせる | しめきらせる shimekiraseru |
| Volitional | 締め切ろう | しめきろう shimekirou |
| Imperative | 締め切れ | しめきれ shimekire |
| Conditional (~ba) | 締め切れば | しめきれば shimekireba |
Kanji in 締め切る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 締め切る.
締めるしめるto tie締切しめきりdeadline締め切りしめきりdeadline戸締りとじまりlocking up (doors and windows)取締りとりしまりcontrol取り締まるとりしまるto manage切手きってstamp (postage)切符きっぷticket切るきるto cut大切たいせつimportant親切しんせつkind切れきれpiece切りきりend適切てきせつappropriate
Source: JMdict entry 1594600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.