消す

Meanings

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

Part of speech: godan verb (す), transitive

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

• 寝る前に電気を消してください。

  Turn off the light before you go to bed.

  Tatoeba #145648 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 消防士たちはすばやく火事を消した。

  The firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.

  Tatoeba #146404 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 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.

  Tatoeba #199453 · CC BY 2.0 FR