締切

Japanese

Alternative spellings
締め切り締切り〆切〆切り

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 締(し)め切(き)る (shimekiru). By surface analysis, 締(し)め (shime, “fastening, locking, shutting”) + 切(き)り (kiri).

締(しめ)切(きり) • (shimekiri)

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