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    3. 閉ざす

    閉ざす

    閉とざ​す​

    to shut

    KMT7News #14+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab18 strokes

    鎖す

    とざす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock
    2.
    to block (a street, entrance, etc.)
    3.
    to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness)
    4.
    to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)

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    彼かれはドアを閉とざした。

    He closed the door.

    KMT3Daily Life
    彼かの女じょは心こころを閉とざして、誰だれにも話はなさなかった。

    She closed her heart and didn't speak to anyone.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    閉へい店てん時じ間かんになり、店てん員いんはシャッターを閉とざした。

    It was closing time, and the clerk closed the shutters.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career
    悲かなしみに閉とざされた彼かの女じょの顔かおには笑え顔がおがなかった。

    There was no smile on her face, which was consumed by sadness.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    吹ふ雪ぶきが道みちを閉とざし、村むらは孤こ立りつした。

    A blizzard blocked the road, and the village became isolated.

    KMT8Weather & GeographyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    閉
    と.じる・と.ざす・し.める・し.まる・た.てる…(2)
    closed・shut
    Kanji
    ざ
    za
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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