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消す

けす

Readings

けす

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5s, vtto erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete
  2. 2.
    v5s, vtto turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off
  3. 3.
    v5s, vtto extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out
  4. 4.
    v5s, vtto remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison)
  5. 5.
    v5s, vtto drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle
  6. 6.
    v5s, vtto kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

Kanji breakdown

消
N410 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

寝る前に電気を消してください。

Turn off the light before you go to bed.

消防士たちはすばやく火事を消した。

The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.

どんな言葉も彼女の深い悲しみを消す事はできない。

No words can relieve her deep sorrow.

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消すけす

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

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