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閉める、閉じる、閉まる

開いているものを閉めること、または閉まること。

やさしい英語で： Make something no longer open, or become no longer open.

• Please close the window.
• She closed her eyes and rested.
• The door closes automatically behind you.

類義語： shut

反対語： open

よく使う表現： close the door, close your eyes, close a book, close the lid

閉店する、営業を終了する

店や会社の営業を一時的に、または永久にやめること。

やさしい英語で： Stop serving customers or doing business, either for a while or permanently.

• The shop closes at five.
• They closed the factory last year.
• Is the restaurant closing for the holidays?

使い方： close at + time (The bank closes at four.); close for something (The café closes for the winter.)

類義語： shut, shut down, cease trading

反対語： open

よく使う表現： close a shop, close for lunch, close down, close at six

縮める、埋める

物の間の距離や差を小さくする、またはなくすこと。

やさしい英語で： Make the distance or difference between things smaller, or remove it completely.

• She ran faster to close the gap.
• The distance between the boats slowly closed.
• Extra funding helped close the gap in our budget.

使い方： close the gap between A and B (The policy aims to close the gap between rich and poor.)

類義語： narrow, reduce, eliminate

反対語： widen, increase

よく使う表現： close the gap, close the distance, close a budget gap

終える、終わる

何かを終わらせること、または終わりに達すること。

やさしい英語で： Bring something to an end, or reach its end.

• The chair closed the meeting.
• Her speech closed with a thank-you.
• The festival closes tomorrow evening.

使い方： close with something (The concert closed with a song everyone knew.)

類義語： end, finish, conclude

反対語： begin, start

よく使う表現： close a meeting, close with something, close a chapter

成立させる、締結する

売買や商取引の合意をまとめ、成立させること。

やさしい英語で： Finish making an agreement so that a sale or business deal is settled.

• We closed the deal today.
• She hopes to close the sale before Friday.
• They finally closed the deal after weeks of talks.

類義語： finalize, complete, conclude

よく使う表現： close a deal, close a sale, close the transaction

取引を終える、引ける

その日の取引が終わる時点で、ある価格になっていること。

やさしい英語で： Have a particular price when trading ends for the day.

• The shares closed higher today.
• Oil closed at eighty dollars a barrel.
• The euro closed lower after the announcement.

使い方： close at + price (The shares closed at twelve dollars.)

類義語： finish, end

よく使う表現： close at something, close higher, close lower

終わり、終了

出来事、活動、期間などの終わり。

やさしい英語で： The end of an event, activity, or period of time.

• The meeting came to a close.
• Please reply by close of business tomorrow.
• At the close of the year, we reviewed our progress.

使い方： the close of something (At the close of the meeting, everyone thanked the chair.); bring something to a close (The final song brought the concert to a close.)

類義語： end, finish, conclusion

反対語： beginning, start

よく使う表現： the close of something, close of business, to a close, at the close

近い

場所や時間の隔たりが小さい。

やさしい英語で： Near someone or something in place or time.

• The shops are close.
• Her birthday is close to mine.
• We could hear the birds at close range.

使い方： close to someone/something (Our house is close to the station.)

類義語： near, nearby

反対語： far, distant

よく使う表現： close to something, at close range, close contact