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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
7 more...
Examples (53 in total)
One cannot erase the past.
Should this be deleted?
I've deleted my comment.
Did you turn off the heater?
Don't erase the sample sentence.
I think it can be deleted.
Don't forget to put out the fire.
I accidentally deleted everything.
Please put out your cigarette.
Delete this sentence.
Have you turned off the gas yet?
The fire was put out immediately.
Are you sure you turned off the stove?
How can I clear my search history?
It's late, so turn off the TV.
Maybe you should turn off the TV.
You forgot to turn off the light.
I removed their names from the list.
Could you please turn off the radio for me?
I deleted a lot of photos by accident.
"I can't delete the file." "How about now?"
I put the lighter out.
Rub out these words with your eraser.
It's time to go to bed. Turn off the radio.
I blew the candle out.
Jack decided to cancel the reservations.
You forgot to erase your name.
Could you please delete this picture?
He acted quickly and put out the fire.
Be sure to put the fire out before you leave.
Delete all the messages I sent.
Turn off the TV before you go to bed, OK?
Do you still need the light on, or can I turn it off?
She turned off all the lights at ten.
He erased his speech from the tape.
Please turn off the light before you go to bed.
He turned off all the lights at eleven.
He turned off the TV and began to study.
That wind blew out our last candle.
Make a wish and blow out the candles.
The typist tried to erase the error.
It was not easy to put out the fire at once.
George, if you are not listening to the radio, turn it off.
Please put out your cigarettes before entering the museum.
Tom deleted my message without ever reading it.
Make sure you turn everything off before you leave.
Don't forget to turn off all the lights before going to bed.
She opened the window to free the kitchen of the smell.
Make sure to turn off all the lights before going out.
The house did not suffer much damage because the fire was quickly put out.
He lit another cigarette, but immediately put it out.
I turned off the TV because I had seen the movie before.
It took the fireman almost two hours to put out the fire.