締める (しめる) — to tighten, to fasten, to close
締める
to tighten
Frequency #6192
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
3 characters
ichidan verb · transitive/intransitive
Part of speech (JMdict: v1, vi, vt)
shimeru
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
しめる[2] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to tighten
- to fasten
- to close