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What is the difference between 閉める and 閉じる ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 閉める and 閉じる ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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閉める means to close to avoid to go through.
閉じる is used more widely.
ex.
窓を閉める(閉じる)
門を閉める(閉じる)
本を閉じる(never 閉める)
文書を閉じる
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