extinction;  extinguishment;  disappearance;  annihilation
 exhaustion;  consumption;  using up;  dissipation;  waste
 cancellation;  liquidation;  resolution;  reduction (e.g. of stress)
 disappearance;  vanishing;  loss;  dying away;  wearing off
 elimination;  erasure;  clearing;  elimination (of variables)
 digestion (of food);  digestion (of information);  assimilation;  consumption;  absorption; (arch.)  losing one's form and turning into something else
 news (from somebody);  letter;  contact;  (somebody's) whereabouts;  (somebody's) movements
 disinfection;  sterilization;  sterilisation
 negative;  passive;  half-hearted;  unmotivated
 erasure;  striking off;  crossing out;  cancellation;  deletion
 fire fighting;  extinguishing a fire
 depressed in spirits;  dispirited;  disheartened;  rejection
 putting out the light;  switching off the light
 fire fighting;  fire department;  fire brigade
 antiseptic solution;  disinfectant solution
 depression;  low spirits;  dejection
 annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
 untraceable;  long lost;  one's whereabouts being unknown
 indigestion;  dyspepsia;  incomprehensibility;  inability to understand
 fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
 natural extinction;  dying a natural death;  coming to a natural end
 silencing (e.g. machine);  muffling;  muting (e.g. TV)
 fire brigade;  fire company
 consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
 to disappear;  to cause to disappear;  to get rid of;  (of time) to pass;  to while away
 passive;  negative;  conservative;  depolarization
 deodorant;  deodorizer;  air freshener
 throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided);  dead rubber
 consumer credit (finance, loan)
 expiry date (esp. on food);  expiration date;  use-by date
 evaporation;  dispersion;  dissipation
 sterilization by boiling;  sterilisation by boiling
 undigested (food);  unfulfilled (orders);  unused (funds)
 Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)
 (car) muffler;  (piano) damper pedal;  (gun) silencer
 wave-dissipating concrete block;  tetrapod
 local production for local consumption
 prosperity and decay;  prosperity and decline;  rise and fall;  ups and downs;  ebb and flow;  waxing and waning
 spending;  consumption;  misappropriation;  embezzlement
 alcohol disinfection;  disinfection with alcohol
 to stop communicating;  to never be heard from again;  to lose contact
 rubbing alcohol;  alcohol for sterilization
 deregistration;  cancellation of registration
 erasure;  paying back debt;  effacement
 passivity;  negativity;  halfheartedness
 Fire Services Act;  fire laws
 digestive capacity;  digestive power;  digestive strength
 Consumer Affairs Agency;  CAA
 well-informed person;  insider
 fire station worker;  member of a fire station
 fire brigade (pre-war Japan)
 consumption tax rate;  sales tax rate;  VAT rate
 consumer spending;  consumption expenditure
 consumer price index;  CPI
 disappearance (e.g. of a symptom)
 deletion;  removal;  elimination;  erasure;  cancellation;  revocation
 extinctive prescription;  negative prescription;  statute of limitations
 anti-inflammatory agent;  antiphlogistic
 dissolution of several sections into a new organization (organisation)
 indigestible;  digestion-resistant;  hard-to-digest
 snow melting (usu. a system or device);  snow removal
 chlorine disinfection;  chlorination
 demagnetization;  demagnetisation;  degaussing
 embezzlement;  misappropriation of public funds;  defalcation
 personal letter;  epistolary style
 firefighting vehicle;  fire engine
 fire captain;  fire marshal
 alcohol-based (hand) sanitizer
 consumer advice;  consumer consultation
 prosperity and decay;  rise and fall;  ebb and flow;  vicissitudes (of fortune)
 pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow
 disaster-preventing incantation;  disaster-preventing dharani
 to disappear;  to cause to disappear;  to get rid of;  (of time) to pass;  to while away
 near-extinct language;  seriously endangered language
 gastrointestinal stromal tumor (tumour);  GIST
 summering;  spending the summer
 consumer revolution;  consumption revolution
 lights-out trumpet;  lights-out bugle call;  taps;  last post
 consumption of goods (as opposed to services)
 dejected;  dispirited;  crestfallen;  discouraged
 consumption of services (as opposed to goods)
 consumers' cooperative society;  consumers' cooperative association
 consumer confidence index;  CCI;  consumer attitude index
 nationwide consumption of local products
 self-defence fire brigade;  fire brigade associated with building, company, etc.
 marginal propensity to consume
 consumer credit protection act
 advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.);  consumer activism;  consumer advocacy;  consumer spending;  high levels of consumption
 absorbed company;  merged corporation
 digestion resistant dextrin;  indigestible dextrin
 absorbed company;  merged corporation
 average propensity to consume
 city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
 hidden line and surface removal
 erasable programmable read-only memory;  EPROM
 ultraviolet erasable programmable ROM
 proof of vehicle having been registered as disposed of
 diabetes;  gonorrhea (in women)
 expenses for consumable goods;  supplies expenses
 breakwater;  wave-absorbing dyke (dike)
 consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents; (lit.) nest-dweller consumption