► 動詞
閉まる [(2)しまる] meaning: shut rank: 1
☆ あの店は九時に閉まる ⇨ That store closes at 9
☆ 戸が独りでに閉まった ⇨ The door closed on its own
☆ 蓋が閉まらない ⇨ The lid doesn’t close
閉める [(2)しめる] meaning: shut rank: 1
☆ 彼は戸を閉めた ⇨ He closed the door
閉じる [(2)とじる] meaning: shut rank: 1
☆ 医者は傷を縫って閉じた ⇨ The doctor sutured the wound to close it
☆ 口を閉じろ ⇨ Shut your mouth
☆ 目を閉じて ⇨ Close your eyes
閉まる [(2)しまる] [閉まっている] [閉まる＋て＋いる] meaning: shut rank: 1
☆ 私が行った時には店はもう閉まっていた ⇨ The store was already closed when I got there (☛ 閉まる is the action of closing. The state of being closed is 閉まっている)
閉じ込める [(4)とじこめる] meaning: lock rank: 2
☆ 彼は彼女を地下室に閉じ込めた ⇨ He locked her up in the basement
閉じ籠もる [(4)とじこもる] meaning: lock rank: 2
☆ 彼は部屋に閉じ籠もって出てこない ⇨ He locked himself up in his room and won’t come out
閉ざす [(2)とざす] [liter] meaning: shut rank: 2
☆ 民主化の道は閉ざされた ⇨ The path to democratization has been shut down
閉ざす [(2)とざす] [口を閉ざす] [liter] meaning: shut rank: 2
☆ 人々は口を閉ざした ⇨ People shut their mouths, kept mum
閉め切る [(3)しめきる] meaning: shut rank: 3
☆ 彼女は家中の窓を閉め切って外に一歩も出ない ⇨ She closes all the windows of the house, and won’t even take one step out (☛ Keep, typically doors and windows, shut in order to isolate oneself)