Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しめきる – see the following entry.
締め切る
[verb] to shut up (a door, window, etc.)
[verb] to end; to close; to terminate (due to a deadline, etc.)
Alternative spellings
閉め切る, 締切る, 閉切る
(This term, しめきる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)