しめ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しめ – see the following entries.

【締め】 [noun] fastening, tying up [noun] conclusion, completion of something [noun] the concluding meal eaten at a drinking party, or when going to a restaurant [noun] chokehold technique in judo [noun] abbreviation of 締切 (shimekiri, “deadline”) [noun] abbreviation of 締高 (shimedaka, “total, sum”) Alternative spelling 〆

【鴲】H [noun] hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes Alternative spellings 鳹, シメ

【駟馬しば】 [noun] four horses pulling a single carriage

【閉め】 [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 閉める (shimeru) [ichidan]

(This term, しめ (shime), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as しめ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しめ.