(shimekiri)

closing, cut-off, end, deadline, Closed, No Entrance

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 0
  • #7692 most frequent
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Meaning

締め切り (しめきり, shimekiri) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “closing, cut-off, end, deadline, Closed, No Entrance”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

もうみの りはいつですか。

When is the deadline for the application?

レポートの締め切りがあさってとあって、学生たちはみんな焦っている。

Because the deadline for the paper is the day after tomorrow, the students are all panicking.

忙しい学期末に、それも論文の締め切り直前に手紙を訳してくれと頼まれた。

I was asked to translate a letter when I was busy at the end of the semester, and what's worse, just before the deadline for my term paper.

今頃いまごろそんなことをしているようでは、とても締め切りに間に合わない。

If you're doing things like that now, there's no way you'll meet the deadline.