かきけす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
It disappeared as if it had been erased.
Pitch accent
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Composed of
stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs
to erase; to rub out; 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.)
Examples (6 in total)
It disappeared as if it had been erased.
His voice was drowned by the yells.
That voice was also drowned out by the sound of the strong wind.
A siren sounds, as if to drown out all the sounds.
By the way, if you go out onto the main street, the conversation will be drowned out by the cheers of the populace.
The small scream I let out involuntarily was drowned out by the sound of thunder.