消す
けす · kesu
To erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete
- to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off
- to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out
- to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 消しますけします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 消しませんけしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 消しましたけしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 消しませんでしたけしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 消しましょうけしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 消しけし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 消したいけしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 消しながらけしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 消してけして |
| Plain past (た形) | 消したけした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 消したらけしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 消しているけしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 消さないけさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 消さなかったけさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 消さなくてけさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 消せるけせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 消せばけせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 消せけせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 消そうけそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 消されるけされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 消させるけさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 消させられるけさせられる |
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What does 消す mean?
To erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete. It can also mean: to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison).
How do you pronounce 消す?
けす (kesu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 消す?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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