消す

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

Etymology

Verb

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

Japanese verb pair
active 消す
mediopassive 消える
  1. to erase
    誤 (ご)字 (じ)を消 (け)す
    goji o kesu
    erase wrong letters
  2. to extinguish; to put out
    火 (ひ)を消 (け)す
    hi o kesu
    extinguish fire
  3. to cut power; to turn off
    電 (でん)気 (き)を消 (け)す
    denki o kesu
    turn off the light
  4. (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

Antonyms

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
Classical conjugation of "消す" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 消さけさkesa
Continuative (連用形) 消しけしkesi
Terminal (終止形) 消すけすkesu
Attributive (連体形) 消すけすkesu
Realis (已然形) 消せけせkese
Imperative (命令形) 消せけせkese
Key constructions
Negative 消さずけさずkesazu
Contrasting conjunction 消せどけせどkesedo
Causal conjunction 消せばけせばkeseba
Conditional conjunction 消さばけさばkesaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 消しきけしきkesiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 消しけりけしけりkesikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 消しつけしつkesitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 消しぬけしぬkesinu
Perfect-continuative tense 消せり
消したり		けせり
けしたり		keseri
kesitari

Derived terms
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