たたむ

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

fold; fold up; collapse

Used for folding something into a smaller or neater shape, such as clothes, bedding, a newspaper, a chair, or an umbrella.

• 洗せん濯たく物ものをたたんで、引ひき出だしにしまった。

  I folded the laundry and put it in the drawer.

• 電でん車しゃに乗のる前まえに傘かさをたたんでください。

  Please fold up your umbrella before getting on the train.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

close down; shut down; go out of business

Common with 店, 会社, 商売, and similar nouns; it usually means closing a business for good, not merely closing for the day.

• 父ちちは去きょ年ねん、小ちいさな店みせをたたんだ。

  My father closed down his small shop last year.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

vacate; give up a residence; close up a place

Used when someone gives up and clears out a place they have been using, especially a home or lodging; it has a nuance of ending that living arrangement, not just stepping out temporarily.

• 祖そ母ぼは一人ひとり暮ぐらしの家いえをたたんで、娘むすめ夫ふう婦ふと暮くらし始はじめた。

  My grandmother gave up the house where she had been living alone and began living with her daughter and son-in-law.