締め切る (しめきる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

締め切る (しめきる) means to deadline / to close (applications).

See example sentences below.

締め切る at a glance

締め切る

しめきるshimekiru

N2verb

to deadline / to close (applications)

締め切るしめきるshimekiruN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to deadline / to close (applications)

Example 1

応募の締め切りは明日です。

Translation

The application deadline is tomorrow.

Example 2

図書館の返却期限が締め切られた。

Translation

The library return deadline has passed.