Meanings

1. godan verb, transitive verbto erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete
2. godan verb, transitive verbto turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off
3. godan verb, transitive verbto extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out
4. godan verb, transitive verbto remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison)
5. godan verb, transitive verbto drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle
6. godan verb, transitive verbto kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

Examples

• 電気を消すな。

  Don't turn off the light.

• 消しておいて。

  Leave it off.

• 電気を消しなさい。

  Turn off the light.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 消す

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