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N5 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

()to erase, to delete, to cross out

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete

    2. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off

    3. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out

    4. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison)

    5. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle

    6. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      6.

    All Forms

    消す 【けす】

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    Examples

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      コンロの()()

      I turn off the stove.

      • N5

      ()しゴム()()

      I use my eraser to erase words.

      • N5

      黒板(こくばん)()しで黒板(こくばん)文字(もじ)()

      I will erase the characters on the blackboard with a blackboard eraser.

      • N5

      (つくえ)(うえ)落書(らくが)きを()しゴムで()

      I will erase scribbles on the desk with a rubber eraser.

      • N5

      (ちち)(むすめ)に:「()(まえ)電気(でんき)()して(くだ)さい。」

      Father to daughter: 'Please turn off the lights before you go to bed.'

      • N4
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