締め切り

• 読み: しめきり
• ローマ字: shimekiri
• 漢字の分解: 締 (shime) — to tighten, to close; 切 (kiri) — to cut
• 発音: /ɕi.me.ki.ɾi/

意味

Deadline; closing date; cut-off. The final date or time by which something must be completed.

A noun derived from the verb 締め切る (to close, to shut tight). In academic contexts, it refers to assignment or application deadlines. Also used in business for project deadlines and in media for publication cut-offs. 締め切りに間に合う means to meet a deadline.

例文

1. 論文の締め切りは来週の月曜日です。
2. 締め切りに間に合わなくて焦っている。
3. 応募の締め切りはもう過ぎてしまった。

使い方ガイド

場面: education, business, publishing

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Derived from the compound verb 締め切る, combining 締める (to tighten, to close) and 切る (to cut). The noun form refers to the point at which something is closed off.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal