How to say "closing" in Japanese

• 最終さいしゅうJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'closing' meaning 'final' or 'last'. It qualifies a noun to mark the last of a series or the end point of a schedule, and has nothing to do with shutting anything.
  最終電車さいしゅうでんしゃはいつ出でますか。↗

  When does the last train leave?
• 閉鎖へいさJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the closing or closure of a place — a school, hospital, road or border shutting down or being sealed off. It is about an institution or passage ceasing to operate, not about deadlines.
  彼かれらはその学校がっこうの閉鎖へいさについて討論とうろんした。↗

  They debated closing the school.
• クローズCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA loanword from English 'close', used mainly in business and technical jargon for bringing a deal or a ticket to a close; for everyday 'closing' it is seldom the word you want.
• 締め切りしめきりJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'closing' in the deadline sense: the closing date or cut-off for applications, entries or submissions. When English 'closing' pairs with a date or time by which something must be done, this is the word.
  レポートの締め切しめきりが間近まじかに迫せまっているので、私はひどく忙いそがしい。↗

  I am terribly busy because the report deadline is near.
• 締まりしまりCommon
  nounThe physical shutting of a door, lid or fastening, and how tightly it closes. On its own it is a marginal rendering of 'closing': it names the shutting itself, not an event or a deadline.

Choose 最終 for 'closing' meaning final or last, 閉鎖 for a place shutting down, 「クローズ」 for business jargon, 「締め切り」 for deadlines and cut-offs, and 「締まり」 for the literal shutting of doors and lids.

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• 最終さいしゅうlast
• 閉鎖へいさclosing
• クローズclose
• 締め切りしめきりdeadline
• 締まりしまりclosing (properly)
• 閉館へいかんclosing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
• 大引けおおびけclosing (a market or trading session)
• 閉まりしまりclosing (properly)
• 打ち止めうちどめend (of play, match, etc.)
• おしまいthe end
• クロージングclosing
• 閉場へいじょうclosing (a place)
• 閉局へいきょくclosing (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.)
• 終期しゅうきending
• じまいending
• 閉合へいごうclosure
• とっつぱれthe end
• 納めおさめthe end (of)
• 閉栓へいせんstopping
• 成立せいりつconclusion (e.g. of a deal)
• 閉所へいしょclosing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
• 看板かんばんclosing (for the day, esp. of a restaurant or bar)
• 締めしめdeadline