In Japanese, "close" is 閉める (shimeru). It is a verb pronounced "shee-meh-roo".
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閉める is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as shimeru, it sounds roughly like "shee-meh-roo" to an English ear.
一緒に閉めますか？
Issho ni shimemasu ka?
Shall we to close together?
閉める means to close in Japanese. This is an everyday verb that learners encounter early. Mastering its masu form (閉めます) and te-form opens up many sentence patterns.
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Buy on Steam閉める is romanised as shimeru. Say it roughly like "shee-meh-roo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
閉める is the plain (dictionary) form, used in casual speech and in dictionaries. For polite situations, verbs take a different ending, typically -masu. In Noun Town the game always shows the dictionary form.
閉める is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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