締め切り (しめきり): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

締め切り (しめきり) means deadline / closing time.

See example sentences below.

締め切り at a glance

締め切り

しめきりshimekiri

N2noun

deadline / closing time

締め切りしめきりshimekiriN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

deadline / closing time

Example 1

しめきりは明日の午後です。

Translation

The deadline is tomorrow afternoon.

Example 2

応募のしめきりが近づいている。

Translation

The application deadline is approaching.