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閉とざす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to shut; to close; to fasten; to lock
Despite it being this hot, all the windows are shut.
2. to block (a street, entrance, etc.)
A fallen tree was blocking the entrance.
3. to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to cut off; to cover (e.g. in darkness)
usu. in the passive
The surroundings are shut in by deep darkness.
4. to consume (with negative feelings); to fill (e.g. with sadness); to bury (e.g. in grief)
usu. in the passive
Alt. forms
閉とざす
91%
とざす
5%
鎖とざす
2%
Kanji used
閉
closed
Pitch accent
と
ざ
す
と
ざす
Top 5000
Conjugations...Used in: 2470
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to close the door (to); to shut the door (to); to exclude
to close up like an oyster; to retire into one's shell
Examples (14 in total)
And the door is shut.
The entrance is firmly shut.
The lake was bound in ice.
The road was blocked by a landslide.
A fallen tree was blocking the entrance.
The surroundings are shut in by deep darkness.
The huge gate was still closed.
Despite it being this hot, all the windows are shut.
Japan's rice market is closed to imports.
The road leading to the library was also shut in by the fog.
The path between the two houses was blocked by snow.
Every route forward is blocked.
When your vision is shut off, strangely, your skin becomes aware of the air.
And so, in order to break through the closed gate, he charged forward with increased momentum.