消

Meaning

消 centers on making something disappear or cease: extinguishing a flame, turning off a device, neutralizing an effect, or canceling an event. The common thread is removing presence or activity.

• 消えるきえる
  N5

  to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost

• 消費しょうひ
  N3

  consumption; expenditure; spending

• 消すけす
  N5

  to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete

• 解消かいしょう
  N3

  cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

• 消滅しょうめつ
  N1

  extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse

• 消化しょうか
  N2

  digestion (of food)

• 消防しょうぼう
  N3

  fire fighting

• 消耗しょうもう
  N2

  exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

• 消去しょうきょ
  N2

  erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing

• 消毒しょうどく
  N2

  disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation

• 取り消しとりけし
  N3

  cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

• 抹消まっしょう
  N1

  erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

• 消火しょうか
  N1

  extinguishing a fire; fire fighting

• 消極しょうきょく

  passive; negative; conservative

• 消息しょうそく
  N1

  news (from someone); letter; contact

• 消しゴムけしゴム
  N5

  eraser; rubber

• 消防署しょうぼうしょ
  N2

  fire station

• 消防車しょうぼうしゃ
  N2

  fire engine; fire truck

• 消灯しょうとう
  N1

  putting out the lights; turning off the lights

• 取り消すとりけす
  N3

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

• 帳消しちょうけし

  writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books

• 打ち消しうちけし
  N1

  negation; denial; negative

• 打ち消すうちけす
  N2

  to deny; to contradict

• 消印けしいん
  N1

  postmark; (postal) cancellation mark

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