消す · godan verb (-su)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 消す | 消さない |
| Polite | 消します | 消しません |
| Past polite | 消しました | 消しませんでした |
| Past | 消した | 消さなかった |
| Te-form | 消して | 消さないで |
| Desire | 消したい | 消したくない |
| Potential | 消せる | 消せない |
| Passive | 消される | 消されない |
| Causative | 消させる | 消させない |
| Causative passive | 消させられる | 消させられない |
| Volitional | 消そう | |
| Polite volitional | 消しましょう | |
| Imperative | 消せ | 消すな |
| Conditional | 消せば | 消さなければ |
| Tara conditional | 消したら | 消さなかったら |
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Used for removing writing, marks, data, or entries. The object is what is erased or deleted, marked with を.
Please erase the writing on the blackboard.
I accidentally deleted an important file.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Used for turning off lights, televisions, heaters, and similar devices or appliances.
I turned off the light before going to bed.
If you are not watching it, turn off the TV.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Used for making fire, a flame, or something burning go out.
She put out the candle flame.
The firefighters are putting out the fire.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
remove; get rid of; relieve; neutralize
Used for eliminating an unwanted condition or effect, such as a smell, pain, anxiety, or poison. It implies making the effect disappear rather than physically moving an object.
I aired out the room and got rid of the smell.
This medicine relieves the pain.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
drown out; muffle; deaden
Used when one sound or material makes another sound hard to hear, softer, or effectively absent.
The sound of the rain drowned out his voice.
The thick curtains are muffling the noise from outside.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Colloquial and often crime-fiction or underworld-sounding use meaning to make a person disappear by killing them. It is much rougher and less neutral than 殺す.
The criminal killed the witness to silence them.
I erased the answer and rewrote it.
Please turn off the light before going to sleep.
I put out the candle's flame.
Use a deodorizer to get rid of the smell in the room.
The noise drowned out the voices.
The organization decided to get rid of the troublesome person.
消す means to put out or extinguish a fire, the opposite action of 焚く, which means to light or keep a fire burning.
消す means to put out or extinguish a fire, the opposite action of 燃やす, which means to set something burning.
付ける (turn on a light) is the opposite of 消す (turn off a light).
writing off a debt; cancellation of a debt · cancelling out; offsetting; making even
fire extinguishing; putting out a fire · Edo-period fireman
negation; negative; denial
deny; contradict; negate · drown out; negate (a sound); cancel out
hush-up; cover-up
erase; drown out; make disappear
frosted; matte; non-glossy · disillusionment; letdown; dampening of excitement
stub out; crush out; smother (a fire) · hush up; cover up; suppress
scatter away; fly away; blow away; vanish without a trace
partly burned charcoal; charcoal that has been extinguished · servant boy at a brothel or teahouse (archaic)
erase completely; get rid of; wipe out; dispel
aji keshi; move that eliminates aji
blotting out characters with ink; inking out text
eraser
antidote
achromatism; colorlessness
beat out a fire; put out by beating
blow out (a flame)
paint over; paint out; cover with paint