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Phrase of the Day

July 12

  To o shimeru.

Close the door.

Vocabulary / Expressions

to
door
shimeru
閉める
to close

Notes

"O (を)" is a particle which marks an object. "To open the door" is "to o akeru (戸を開ける)". 

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