消す
けす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete
- to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off
- to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out
- to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison)
- to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle
- to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out
Kanji
- 消 vanish. Read as けす.
Example sentences
- 彼は跡形もなく姿を消してしまったんだ。
He disappeared without a trace. - 離れる前に必ず火を消しなさい。
Be sure to put out the fire before you leave. - 驚いたことにそれは一瞬にして姿を消した。
To my amazement, it disappeared in an instant. - 気が散るからテレビを消してくれ。
Turn off the television. I can't concentrate. - テレビを消してよ。集中できない。
Turn off the television. I can't concentrate.
Common phrases
- 姿を消す (すがたをけす) to disappear
- 火を消す
- ニオイを消す
- 記憶を消す
- 電気を消す
- 照明を消す
- 明かりを消す (あかりをけす) to turn the lights off
- 臭みを消す
- 痕跡を消す
- 文字を消す
- 音を消す
- 気配を消す
- 落書きを消す
- ライトを消す
- ゴムで消す
Related forms
- 消える (きえる) to disappear (intransitive partner)
Words containing 消す
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