打うち消けす

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打ち消す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	打うち消けす	打うち消けさない
Polite	打うち消けします	打うち消けしません
Past polite	打うち消けしました	打うち消けしませんでした
Past	打うち消けした	打うち消けさなかった
Te-form	打うち消けして	打うち消けさないで
Desire	打うち消けしたい	打うち消けしたくない
Potential	打うち消けせる	打うち消けせない
Passive	打うち消けされる	打うち消けされない
Causative	打うち消けさせる	打うち消けさせない
Causative passive	打うち消けさせられる	打うち消けさせられない
Volitional	打うち消けそう
Polite volitional	打うち消けしましょう
Imperative	打うち消けせ	打うち消けすな
Conditional	打うち消けせば	打うち消けさなければ
Tara conditional	打うち消けしたら	打うち消けさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

deny; contradict; negate

Used for denying statements, claims, or facts, often in formal or argumentative contexts.

彼かれはその疑ぎ惑わくを強つよく打うち消けした。
He strongly denied the suspicion.
証しょう拠こが彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうを打うち消けしている。
The evidence contradicts his claim.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

drown out; negate (a sound); cancel out

Specifically for sounds: to make a sound inaudible by producing a louder one, or to cancel noise.

雨あめの音おとが彼かれの声こえを打うち消けした。
The sound of the rain drowned out his voice.
ノイズキャンセリング機き能のうが周しゅう囲いの雑ざつ音おんを打うち消けす。
The noise-canceling function negates the surrounding noise.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を打うち消けすto deny or refute a claim, rumor, or suspicion
彼かれはその噂うわさを打うち消けした。
He denied the rumor.
〈事こと〉が〈事こと〉を打うち消けすfor one thing to cancel out or offset another
甘あまさが苦にがさを打うち消けす。
The sweetness cancels out the bitterness.
〈物もの〉が〈音おと〉を打うち消けすfor a louder sound to drown out another sound
大おおきな音おん楽がくが話はなし声ごえを打うち消けした。
The loud music drowned out the sound of talking.

Kanji

打strike, hit, knock
消extinguish, blow out, turn off

Related words

否ひ定ていN3sense 1
否定する is the general, common verb for 'to deny/negate', while 打ち消す adds a nuance of actively refuting or canceling out a claim.
かき消けす sense 2
かき消す emphasizes a sudden, physical obliteration of a sound or image, while 打ち消す can describe a more gradual or deliberate canceling of sound.
否ひ認にんN1sense 1
否認する is a formal, often legal term for denying an accusation, whereas 打ち消す is used more broadly for denying rumors or statements.
相そう殺さいN1
打ち消す broadly means to negate or cancel out an effect (like a sound or feeling), while 相殺 specifically refers to balancing out opposing amounts or claims.

Opposites

肯こう定ていN2sense 1
肯定する means to affirm or agree with a statement, the opposite of 打ち消す's meaning of denying it.

Don't confuse with

消けすN5
消す is the plain verb for erasing or turning something off, while 打ち消す specifically means to deny a claim or to mask/cancel a sound.
打うち出だす
打ち消す means to deny or negate a statement, whereas 打ち出す means to bring something forward, such as a plan or printed document.

Word family

打うち消けしN1
negation; negative; denial

Built from

打うつ+消けす

Written forms

打うち消けすUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
打うち消けすUsage6%
Variant kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
うちけすUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 打ち (uchi, prefix adding emphasis or force) + 消す (kesu, 'to erase, extinguish'). The combination yields the sense of forcefully erasing or negating something.