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Originally Posted by Maxful
Hi, I would like to know if both 閉める and 閉じる are interchangeable as "Close"?
ドアを閉める
ドアを閉じる
窓を閉める
窓を閉じる
封筒を閉める
封筒を閉じる
銀行の口座を閉める
銀行の口座を閉じる
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As far as I know they're not 100% interchangeable. I could be wrong, but as to the first two I don't *think* I've heard them as anything other than 閉める, so ドアを閉める etc. There are a few examples where I think 閉じる is more appropriate right off the top of my head, like 本を閉じる and 目を閉じる. I admittedly don't have to much experience to say for certain how these two verbs differ, I just know that they're not 100% interchangeable all the time.