| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| あっちじゃなくて、塞がなきゃ 塞いで、僕は追跡する。 | Not that way. We need to cut him off. You cut him off. |
| "重要なのは全てのドアや窓を 塞ぎ 補強することで・・" | 'The Home Office is urging people to stay in their homes and await further instruction.' |
| しかたなく 開いた穴を ふさいで | Improvisation, some of it very sincere, |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | bağlamaq | Catalan | cloure,tancar |
| Danish | lukke | Dutch | beklinken, dichtdoen, dichten, dichtgaan, sluiten |
| English | close | Estonian | sulgema, sulguma |
| Finnish | sulkea | French | clore, défermer, fermer |
| German | zumachen | Greek | κλείνω |
| Hebrew | סגר, עצם | Hungarian | bezár, zár, zárul |
| Indonesian | menutup | Italian | chiudere, riaccostare, serrare |
| Latvian | aizvērt, slēgt | Lithuanian | uždaryti, užsidaryti, užverti |
| Macedonian | затвора, затвори, се затвора | Maltese | għalaq |
| Maori | kati | Norwegian | lukke, nedlegge, stenge |
| Polish | domknąć, zamknąć, zamykać, zewrzeć | Portuguese | cerrar, fechar |
| Quechua | wichq'ay | Romanian | închide |
| Russian | закрываться, закрыться, замкнуть, затворить, затворять, смыкать, смыкаться, сомкнуть, сомкнуться | Spanish | aturar, cerrar, cerrarse, clausurar, finiquitar |
| Swedish | stänga, tillsluta | Thai | ชิด, ซี้, ปิด |
| Turkish | kapamak, kapatmak, yummak | Vietnamese | bế mạc, đóng, gần gụi, khép, khịt |
