opening and shutting;  opening and closing
 closing;  closure;  shutdown;  lockout
 confinement;  imprisonment;  incarceration
 closing up shop (for the day);  stopping business;  going out of business
 to be stumped;  to be at a loss;  to be at one's wits' end;  to be fed up;  to be tired (of);  to be unable to bear
 insular;  closed;  unsociable;  exclusive
 blockage;  blockade;  blocking up;  stoppage;  obstruction;  occlusion
 closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.);  closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
 locked up feeling;  cooped up feeling;  feeling of entrapment;  feeling of hopelessness;  being in a bind
 closing of a gate;  (Edo-period) house confinement
 closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
 closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
 closing of a park (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.)
 social withdrawal (in schizophrenia);  autosynnoia;  social isolation;  autism
 falling of the curtain;  coming to an end
 closing time (library, museum, etc.)
 closed-stacks (e.g. in a library);  closed shelf system
 confined place;  closing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
 temporary closing of classes
 ending the climbing season;  closure of a mountain to climbers;  closing a mine;  discontinuation of mining
 closure of a gate or door
 going-out-of-business sale
 shutting oneself up at home
 closing a surgical incision (by suture, etc.)
 closing down a hospital, institution, temple, etc.;  shutting down;  closing a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day);  adjourning the Diet session (pre-WWII)
 house arrest;  being placed in confinement at home
 claustrophobia;  fear of confined spaces
 bated breath;  being cowed into silence
 closing of a business or enterprise
 factory closure;  factory shutdown;  lockout (e.g. during industrial dispute)
 blocked state;  closed state
 closing one's eyes;  passing away
 being at a complete loss as to what to do;  being at one's wit's end;  being at a loss for an answer
 charms of a uniquely beautiful woman;  great beauty; (lit.) (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed
 stop;  stop consonant;  occlusive
 occlusion in the circle of Willis
 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;  COPD
 house arrest;  being placed in confinement at home
 closing the legs;  keeping the legs together (in gymnastics)
 charms of a uniquely beautiful woman;  (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
 closed stack system (e.g. library)
 closing a course (program, etc.);  end of a course (program, etc.)
 closing (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.)
 arteriosclerosis obliterans
 premature menopause;  early menopause;  premature ovarian failure;  POF
 chronic obstructive respiratory disease
 the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (lit.) (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt
 stopping;  corking;  capping;  disconnecting (e.g. gas supply)
 superior mesenteric artery syndrome
 algebraically closed field
 switching station;  switchyard
 (railway) crossing gate;  barrier
 mesenteric vascular occlusion
 congenital bile duct atresia
 closed user group service
 the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (lit.) (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides
 natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
 closed end;  bocca chiusa;  end of wind instrument
 corneal reflex;  blink reflex
 VPN;  Virtual Private Network
 closed blood-vascular system
 closed circuit rebreather
 adductor muscle (of a bivalve)
 closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month)