締め出す・閉め出す|しめだすshimedasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
締め出す締め出す is the most common written form. It is the form learners should normally choose when writing this word.
閉め出す閉め出す is less common than 締め出す and can be encountered as an alternative written form. Beginners should still choose 締め出す.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 締め出す（しめだす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 締め出します（しめだします） |
| Negative (nai) | 締め出さない（しめださない） |
| polite (masen) | 締め出しません（しめだしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 締め出さず・締め出さぬ（しめださず・しめださぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 締め出した（しめだした） |
| polite (mashita) | 締め出しました（しめだしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 締め出さなかった（しめださなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 締め出しませんでした（しめだしませんでした） |
| Te form | 締め出して（しめだして） |
| Potential | 締め出せる（しめだせる） |
| Passive | 締め出される（しめだされる） |
| Causative | 締め出させる（しめださせる） |
| Causative passive | 締め出させられる（しめださせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 締め出せば（しめだせば） |
| tara | 締め出したら（しめだしたら） |
| Volitional | 締め出そう（しめだそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 締め出しましょう（しめだしましょう） |
| Imperative | 締め出せ（しめだせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymシャットアウトNeutralLoanword for shutting something out completely; in sports it also means holding the opponent scoreless. The emphasis is on total isolation.
- Related阻むはばむNeutralA verb for blocking someone's path or progress; the stress is on standing in the way, which can include stopping people from getting in.
- RelatedのけるCasualColloquial word for moving something aside or out of the way; the focus is on shifting whatever is in the way.
- Related遮断しゃだんNeutralCutting off a flow such as traffic, electricity, or signals; it blocks passage itself and is not used for socially freezing people out.
- Related排除はいじょNeutralRemoving an obstacle or refusing to accept; the object can be a thing or a person, as in 「外国人を排除する」.
- Related除外じょがいNeutralLeaving something out of a defined scope, as in 「対象外」; the point is simply that it is not counted in.
- Related排斥はいせきNeutralOstracizing or rejecting with open hostility; its object can be people, ideas, or goods.
- Related除くのぞくNeutralThe most versatile of these words: to remove something or leave it out; it carries no nuance of shutting a door against someone.
- RelatedはねのけるNeutralTo push or brush aside with force, or shake off something like pressure; the focus is on the action, and no door need be involved.
- RelatedオミットNeutralLoanword for omitting or weeding something out, such as rejecting faulty items; a technical-leaning term rather than everyday speech.
- Related擯斥ひんせきWrittenTo reject or banish someone; an extremely bookish word, and seldom used.
- Related排するはいするWrittenA written-style verb for excluding or overcoming, as in 「万難を排する」; it has a distinctly bookish ring.
- RelatedハブるCasualSlang for freezing someone out within a group; a young people's word that carries a bullying nuance.
- Antonym入れるいれるNeutralAntonym: to put in or let in, to admit or accept; the direct opposite of shutting someone out with 「締め出す」.
- Antonym招くまねくNeutralAntonym: to invite or beckon someone over; the opposite of keeping a person out.
Use 「締め出す」 for barring entry by shutting a door, or for keeping people and goods out of a circle, as in 「外国製品を市場から締め出す」. For complete isolation say 「シャットアウト」; for hostile ostracism 「排斥」; for freezing someone out of a group, colloquial 「ハブる」. 「除外」 and 「除く」 cover leaving things out of a scope, 「遮断」 cutting off flows, and the antonyms 「入れる」 and 「招く」 point the other way.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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