消

Idiomatic expression

to disappear; to vanish

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

to deny; to contradict

to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

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

erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency

cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

Oft. as 〜にする

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books

cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for); offsetting; undoing; wiping out

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire)

to hush up; to cover up; to stifle; to suppress

From たまきえる

to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed

to blow out (a flame)

to turn the lights off

stress reduction

antidote

extinguishing a fire

(Edo-period) fireman

natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end

ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person

vanishing like mist

blackboard eraser

Physics

annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)

to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash)

to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing

going out (before burning completely); dying out

fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing; dying away (e.g. of a rumour)

permanent; lifelong