消けす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

erase; delete; cross out

Used for removing writing, marks, data, or entries. The object is what is erased or deleted, marked with を.

• 黒こく板ばんの字じを消けしてください。

  Please erase the writing on the blackboard.

• 間ま違ちがえて大だい事じなファイルを消けしてしまった。

  I accidentally deleted an important file.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

turn off; switch off

Used for turning off lights, televisions, heaters, and similar devices or appliances.

• 寝ねる前まえに電でん気きを消けした。

  I turned off the light before going to bed.

• 見みていないならテレビを消けして。

  If you are not watching it, turn off the TV.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

extinguish; put out

Used for making fire, a flame, or something burning go out.

• 彼かの女じょはろうそくの火ひを消けした。

  She put out the candle flame.

• 消しょう防ぼう士しが火ひを消けしている。

  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.

• 換かん気きして部屋へやのにおいを消けした。

  I aired out the room and got rid of the smell.

• この薬くすりは痛いたみを消けしてくれる。

  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.

• 雨あめの音おとが彼かれの声こえを消けした。

  The sound of the rain drowned out his voice.

• 厚あついカーテンが外そとの音おとを消けしている。

  The thick curtains are muffling the noise from outside.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

kill; murder; bump off

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.

• 犯はん人にんは口くち封ふうじのために目もく撃げき者しゃを消けした。

  The criminal killed the witness to silence them.