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シメ

Common

Variants

  • シメ
  • 締めシメ
  • しめ
  • 締めしめ

Meanings

  1. closure mark
  2. counter for bundles (of wood, cotton, etc.)
  3. counter for reams of 2000 sheets of Japanese writing paper
  4. dish made after eating a hot pot by adding rice or noodles to the leftover broth
  5. final meal after a drinking party
  6. choking technique (in judo); stranglehold
  7. total; sum
  8. conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; finish; rounding off
  9. tying up; binding; fastening; tightening