消す
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 消す
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)
to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle
Colloquial
to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out
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