締め切り (Shimekiri) is a Japanese noun meaning “deadline, closing, cut-off, closing (a door, window, etc.)”.
Meanings
- noundeadline; closing; cut-offalso written as 〆切(り)
- nounclosing (a door, window, etc.)also written as 閉め切り
- nouncofferdam
Examples
〆切に間に合いますか。
Can you make the deadline?
私はいつも締め切りを守っている。
I always keep my deadlines.
レポートは来週の月曜日が〆切です。
Reports are due next Monday.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).