Kanji消
Readingしょう
Frequency29%
Used in (250 in total)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
consumption; expenditure; spending
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; consumer (in a food chain)
amount of consumption
(process of) elimination
putting out the lights; turning off the lights
fire extinguisher
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
fire engine; fire truck
depression; low spirits; dejection
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
stress relief; getting rid of stress
annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
digestive organ
firefighter; fireman
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
fire brigade; fire company
silencing (a machine, gun, etc.); muffling; muting (e.g. a TV)
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
vanishing like mist
passive; negative; depolarization; cathode
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
consumer credit (finance, loan)
to disappear; to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (of time) to pass; to while away
evaporation; dispersion; dissipation
sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
undigested (food); unfulfilled (orders); unused (funds)
Fire and Disaster Management Agency
(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
local production for local consumption
wave-dissipating concrete block; tetrapod
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
alcohol disinfection; disinfection with alcohol
spending; consumption; misappropriation; embezzlement
rubbing alcohol; alcohol for sterilization
anti-inflammatory (substance)
antiseptic; disinfectant
deregistration; cancellation of registration
one's life as a consumer
erasure; effacement; paying back (debt)
passivity; negativity; halfheartedness
consumer behavior; consumption patterns
digestive capacity; digestive power; digestive strength
fire station worker; member of a fire station
Consumer Affairs Agency; CAA
using up one's paid vacation days; using up one's holiday entitlement
losing energy (e.g. because of sadness); being exhausted; being absorbed (in something); being immersed
earpick; probe; sound
indigestible materials
well-informed person; insider
including consumption tax
fire brigade (pre-WWII Japan)
consumption tax rate; sales tax rate; VAT rate
consumer spending; consumption expenditure
deletion; removal; elimination; erasure; cancellation; revocation
abrasion; wearing out
disappearance (e.g. of a symptom)
anti-inflammatory agent; antiphlogistic
extinctive prescription; negative prescription; statute of limitations
dissolution of several sections into a new organization (organisation)
fire department; fire defense headquarters
autolysis; autodigestion
passing one's time; extinction (of light); quenching (of fluorescence)
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
alcohol-based (hand) sanitizer
sterilizer; steriliser
upper gastrointestinal endoscope; EGD scope; esophagogastroduodenoscopy; oesophagogastroduodenoscopy; upper GI endoscopy
consumer advice; consumer consultation
digestion resistant dextrin; indigestible dextrin
prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune)
vanishing point
firefighting helicopter
pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow
summering; spending the summer
disaster-preventing incantation; disaster-preventing dharani
antifoam; defoamer; antifoaming agent
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
degausser; demagnetizer
consumer revolution; consumption revolution
lights-out trumpet; lights-out bugle call; taps; last post
consumption of goods (as opposed to services)
consumption of services (as opposed to goods); buying experiences
prosumer; producer and consumer
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.
solution (to a problem); method of resolving; way to relieve (e.g. stress)
advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.); consumer activism; consumer advocacy; consumer spending; high levels of consumption
absorbed company; merged corporation
city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
vanishing gradient problem (in machine learning)
ultraviolet erasable programmable read-only memory; UV-EPROM
Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act
Gaussian elimination
erase head (on a tape recorder)
proof of vehicle having been registered as disposed of
gas deratization; extermination of rats using gas
fire boat; fireboat
degausser; demagnetizer
consumption pattern
consumption rebound after a period of subdued demand (e.g. because of COVID-19 restrictions)
wave dissipator; wave dissipating works
diabetes (in traditional Chinese medicine); 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