消す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消
け Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Verb

消す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana けす, rōmaji kesu)

to erase
誤 (ご)字 (じ)を消 (け)す
goji o kesu
erase wrong letters
to cut power; to turn off
電 (でん)気 (き)を消 (け)す
denki o kesu
turn off the light
(slang) to rub out; to execute; to liquidate
回 (まわ)し者 (もの)を消 (け)す
mawashimono o kesu
execute a spy
to extinguish; to put out
火 (ひ)を消 (け)す
hi o kesu
extinguish fire

Antonyms

(erase): 記 (しる)す (shirusu), 録 (と)る (toru) ("record")
(turn off): 点 (つ)ける (tsukeru) ("turn on")
(extinguish): 点 (つ)ける (tsukeru), 点 (とも)す (tomosu) ("light")

Conjugation

Conjugation of "消す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	消さ	けさ	kesa
Continuative (連用形)	消し	けし	keshi
Terminal (終止形)	消す	けす	kesu
Attributive (連体形)	消す	けす	kesu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	消せ	けせ	kese
Imperative (命令形)	消せ	けせ	kese
Key constructions
Passive	消される	けされる	kesareru
Causative	消させる消さす	けさせるけさす	kesaseru kesasu
Potential	消せる	けせる	keseru
Volitional	消そう	けそう	kesō
Negative	消さない	けさない	kesanai
Negative continuative	消さず	けさず	kesazu
Formal	消します	けします	keshimasu
Perfective	消した	けした	keshita
Conjunctive	消して	けして	keshite
Hypothetical conditional	消せば	けせば	keseba

Derived terms

火 (ひ)消 (け)し (hikeshi, “firefighting”)
消 (け)しゴム (keshigomu, “eraser, rubber”)
黒板消 (こくばんけ)し (kokubankeshi, “chalkboard eraser”)

Related terms

消 (き)える (kieru, intransitive): to disappear; to vanish

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