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けす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete
2. to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off
3. to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out
4. to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison)
5. to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle
6. to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out
Alt. forms
消けす
97%
けす
2%
Pitch accent
け
す
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Conjugations...Used in: 525
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to disappear; to vanish
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to blow out (a flame)
to turn the lights off
to beat out (a fire)
to wipe out; to erase
to paint over (something); to paint out
Examples (53 in total)
One cannot erase the past.
Should this be deleted?
I've deleted my comment.
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