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消す けす N5

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

消する しょうする

  1. to disappear
  2. to cause to disappear; to get rid of
  3. (of time) to pass; to while away

取り消す とりけす N2

  1. to cancel; to retract; to revoke; to take back (words, etc.); to withdraw

打ち消す うちけす N2

  1. to contradict; to deny
  2. to drown out; to negate (esp. a sound)

姿を消す すがたをけす

  1. to disappear; to vanish

吹き消す ふきけす

  1. to blow out (a flame)

叩き消す たたきけす

  1. to beat out (a fire)

踏み消す ふみけす

  1. to stamp out (a fire)

磨り消す すりけす

  1. to efface; to erase; to rub out

もみ消す もみけす

  1. to crush out; to smother (fire); to stub out (e.g. a cigarette)
  2. to cover up; to hush up; to stifle; to suppress
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