消える

Meanings

1. to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost
2. to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen)
3. to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope)
4. to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness); to disappear; to fade away (e.g. of footsteps)
5. to wear away (e.g. of an inscription); to rub out (of writing); to fade (e.g. of ink)

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

Kanji

• 消

  Meanings

  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize

  On reading

  ショウ

  Kun reading

  き.える、け.す

  Strokes

  10

Example sentences

• たくさんの虫が一晩のうちに消えてしまった。

  A lot of insects vanished overnight.

  Tatoeba #203763 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 突然、明かりが消えた。

  All at once the lights went out.

  Tatoeba #123340 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 時間がたつにつれて我々の希望は消えた。

  As time went on, our hopes sank.

  Tatoeba #150630 · CC BY 2.0 FR