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締め切る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	締しめ切きる	締しめ切きらない
Polite	締しめ切きります	締しめ切きりません
Past polite	締しめ切きりました	締しめ切きりませんでした
Past	締しめ切きった	締しめ切きらなかった
Te-form	締しめ切きって	締しめ切きらないで
Desire	締しめ切きりたい	締しめ切きりたくない
Potential	締しめ切きれる	締しめ切きれない
Passive	締しめ切きられる	締しめ切きられない
Causative	締しめ切きらせる	締しめ切きらせない
Causative passive	締しめ切きらせられるalso 締しめ切きらされる	締しめ切きらせられないalso 締しめ切きらされない
Volitional	締しめ切きろう
Polite volitional	締しめ切きりましょう
Imperative	締しめ切きれ	締しめ切きるな
Conditional	締しめ切きれば	締しめ切きらなければ
Tara conditional	締しめ切きったら	締しめ切きらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

close up; shut tightly

Physically closing something completely so that it cannot be opened easily or air/light cannot pass through. Often used for doors, windows, or rooms.

Related words

閉しめるN5sense 1
閉める is the plain verb for closing something like a door or window, while 締め切る stresses shutting it completely and tightly, often for a period of time.
閉とじるN3sense 1
閉じる is a more literary/general word for closing things such as books, eyes, or meetings, while 締め切る specifically emphasizes sealing a door, window, or room tightly shut.
打うち切きるN1sense 2
打ち切る means to discontinue or terminate something that was ongoing (like a broadcast or project), while 締め切る specifically means to stop accepting applications or entries at a deadline.

Don't confuse with

締しめるN5
締める means to tighten or fasten something (like a belt or screw), while 締め切る means to close something up completely or stop accepting something, despite sharing the 締め kanji and reading.
締しめ切きりN3
締め切る is the verb meaning to close off or bring something to a deadline, while 締め切り is the noun form referring to the deadline or closing itself.
打うち切きるN1
締め切る means to close off an entry period or deadline (e.g. applications), not to terminate an ongoing activity like 打ち切る does.

Written forms

締しめ切きるUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling for both senses; especially common for the deadline/closing sense.
しめきるUsage8%
締しめ切きるUsage4%
Common simplified variant, especially in business or deadline contexts.
閉しめ切きる
Used when emphasizing physical closing of doors, windows, or rooms.
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