締め切り
Meanings
Noun
1. deadline; closing; cut-off (also written as 〆切(り))
2. closing (a door, window, etc.) (also written as 閉め切り)
3. cofferdam
Other spellings
締切締切り
Kanji used
Pitch accent
しめきり
Composed of
締め
tying up; binding; fastening; tightening; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; finish; rounding off; …
Noun
切り
end; finish; place to stop; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); trump card; king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta); …
Noun
Used in vocabulary
Examples17
レポート
I am terribly busy because the report deadline is near.
私
I always keep my deadlines.
金曜日
I'm tied up with a project that is due Friday.
「締め切り
"What if I miss the deadline?" "I bet he will get mad at you!"
彼女
She took great pains to get the job done before the deadline.
締め切り
He was called down by his boss for missing his deadline.