Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
Kanji used
closed
Pitch accent
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
Examples (21 in total)
Shut your mouth.
Close the book.
I want to close my account.
Close the drawer.
I should've kept my mouth shut, right?
Tom shut his notebook.
Keep your eyes closed.
She shut the book and closed her eyes.
The gate is closed at eight.
This store is closed at nine.
She closed her diary slowly.
The gate is closed all the year round.
He often thinks with his eyes shut.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
The door remained closed before her.
He commanded me to shut the gate.
He lay on his back with his eyes closed.
The set of real numbers is closed under addition.
If there is no objection, we will close the meeting now.
You should have locked, or at least closed, all the doors.
The only thing you have to do is shut your mouth.