expression, Ichidan verb

  1. to close one's eyes, to lower one's eyelids, to shut one's eyes.
  2. to die, to breathe one's last.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
目を閉じる めをとじる
 
 
 
 
目をとじる めをとじる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
closed, shut
と.じる ヘイ し.める (6th, N3)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
genius, years old, cubic shaku
サイ (2nd, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ