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閉じる (とじる): to close (e.g., book, eyes), to shut — Japanese vocabulary

閉じる is read とじる and means "to close (e.g., book, eyes), to shut". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

閉じる

Reading
とじる · tojiru
Translation
to close (e.g., book, eyes), to shut
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
とじるが

Example

閉じた口の中に蝿はとび込まない。

とじたくちのなかにはえはとびこまない。

A fly does not fly into a shut mouth.

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