A tap, a curtain, a shop: all pressed shut

Where the picture shows up in 閉める

1. 1

   Pressing a door shut

   ドアを閉めてください。

   doa o shimete kudasai

   Please close the door.

2. 2

   Shutting out the outside air

   寒いので窓を閉めます。

   samui node mado o shime-masu

   It is cold, so I will close the window.

3. 3

   Shutting out the view

   カーテンを閉めましょうか。

   kāten o shime-mashō ka

   Shall I draw the curtains?

4. 4

   Shutting off a flow

   蛇口をしっかり閉めてください。

   jaguchi o shikkari shimete kudasai

   Please turn the tap off tightly.

   Same picture: the gap the water ran through is pressed shut.

5. 5

   Closing a shop to customers

   店は九時に閉めます。

   mise wa ku-ji ni shime-masu

   We close the store at nine.